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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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  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
10.30.3710.30.39

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.38

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.30.34inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एवमुक्त: प्रियामाह स्कन्ध आरुह्यतामिति ।

ततश्चान्तर्दधे कृष्ण: सा वधूरन्वतप्यत ॥ ३८ ॥

evam uktaḥ priyām āha

skandha āruhyatām iti

tataś cāntardadhe kṛṣṇaḥ

sā vadhūr anvatapyata

Translation

Thus addressed, Lord Kṛṣṇa replied, “Just climb on My shoulder.” But as soon as He said this, He disappeared. His beloved consort then immediately felt great remorse.

Read the purport on Vedabase.io

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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Disappearance Intensifies Rādhārāṇī’s Love

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa answers His beloved’s request by inviting Her to climb onto His shoulder. Immediately after speaking, He disappears.

  2. 2

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī had been exhibiting the pride of a beautiful girl who has brought Her boyfriend under control.

  3. 3

    When Kṛṣṇa disappears, She immediately feels great remorse. The purport explains that His disappearance intensifies Her ecstatic love more and more.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī was exhibiting the pride of a beautiful girl who has brought Her boyfriend under control.
  • Thus She told Kṛṣṇa, “Please carry Me wherever You want to go.
  • Śrī Kṛṣṇa now disappears from Her sight, intensifying Her ecstatic love more and more.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Separation → Transcendental intimacy. The peak of longing reveals the intensity of selfless love.

Chapters 29–33 of Canto 10: The gopīs' yearning, reunion and rasa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

But just then Lord Kṛṣṇa disappeared from Her sight. Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, extremely troubled, then began looking everywhere for Him, and when She finally met Her gopī girlfriends She related to them what had happened.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.30
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evamthus
  2. uktaḥaddressed
  3. priyāmto His beloved
  4. āhaHe said
  5. skandheon My shoulder
  6. āruhyatāmplease climb
  7. itithese words
  8. tataḥthen
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “love”, “ecstatic”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “pride”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the purport help me see love, rather than only loss, in this disappearance?

Practice

Reread the purport and pause over its explanation that Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love is being intensified.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayDisappearance Intensifies Rādhārāṇī’s LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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