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Canto 10 · The Summum Bonum · 90 chapters

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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 10 · Chapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa
10.30.3410.30.37

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.30.35-36

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

इत्येवं दर्शयन्त्यस्ताश्चेरुर्गोप्यो विचेतस: ।

यां गोपीमनयत्कृष्णो विहायान्या: स्त्रियो वने ॥ ३५ ॥

सा च मेने तदात्मानं वरिष्ठं सर्वयोषिताम् ।

हित्वा गोपी: कामयाना मामसौ भजते प्रिय: ॥ ३६ ॥

ity evaṁ darśayantyas tāś

cerur gopyo vicetasaḥ

yāṁ gopīm anayat kṛṣṇo

vihāyānyāḥ striyo vane

sā ca mene tadātmānaṁ

variṣṭhaṁ sarva-yoṣitām

hitvā gopīḥ kāma-yānā

mām asau bhajate priyaḥ

Translation

As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. The particular gopī whom Kṛṣṇa had led into a secluded forest when He had abandoned all the other young girls began to think Herself the best of women. “My beloved has rejected all the other gopīs,” She thought, “even though they are driven by Cupid himself. He has chosen to reciprocate with Me alone.”

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Separation Reveals Unparalleled Devotion

  1. 1

    The bewildered gopīs wander through the forest, pointing out signs of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

  2. 2

    Rādhārāṇī thinks Herself the best of women because Kṛṣṇa has chosen Her alone. The purport explains that She now becomes proud of His association, as the other gopīs had previously done.

  3. 3

    The Lord arranges their separation to reveal their unparalleled devotion. Its intensity becomes fully manifest when they are apart from Him.

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