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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
10.30.4010.30.42

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.41

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.30.40inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तया कथितमाकर्ण्य मानप्राप्तिं च माधवात् ।

अवमानं च दौरात्म्याद् विस्मयं परमं ययु: ॥ ४१ ॥

tayā kathitam ākarṇya

māna-prāptiṁ ca mādhavāt

avamānaṁ ca daurātmyād

vismayaṁ paramaṁ yayuḥ

Translation

She told them how Mādhava had given Her much respect, but how She then suffered dishonor because of Her misbehavior. The gopīs were extremely amazed to hear this.

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.

Rādhārāṇī Speaks with Great Humility

  1. 1

    Rādhārāṇī tells the gopīs how Mādhava honored Her and how She then suffered dishonor because of what She calls Her misbehavior.

  2. 2

    The purport explains that asking Kṛṣṇa to carry Her was natural within Their loving relationship. Yet in great humility She describes Her own behavior as wicked.

  3. 3

    The other gopīs are extremely astonished to hear Her account of these affairs.

Key points from the purport
  • It was natural for Rādhārāṇī to ask Kṛṣṇa to carry Her, for this request was consistent with the loving mood of Their relationship.
  • Now, however, in great humility She describes Her behavior as wicked.
  • Hearing of these affairs, the other gopīs are astonished.

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:

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. All the gopīs then went out to look for Kṛṣṇa in the forest, going as far as the moonlight reached.
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. tayāby Her
  2. kathitamwhat was related
  3. ākarṇyahearing
  4. mānaof respect
  5. prāptimthe receiving
  6. caand
  7. mādhavātfrom Lord Kṛṣṇa
  8. avamānamthe dishonor
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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

  • Dainya · Humility

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

    In this verse: “humility”

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 distinguish Rādhārāṇī’s humble self-description from the natural loving mood of Her request?

Practice

Reread the translation beside the purport, noting how the purport explains Her words as an expression of great humility.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRādhārāṇī Speaks with Great HumilityThis 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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