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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
10.30.510.30.7

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.30.6

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The gopīssince 10.30.5inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

कच्चित् कुरबकाशोकनागपुन्नागचम्पका: ।

रामानुजो मानिनीनामितो दर्पहरस्मित: ॥ ६ ॥

kaccit kurabakāśoka-

nāga-punnāga-campakāḥ

rāmānujo māninīnām

ito darpa-hara-smitaḥ

Translation

O kurabaka tree, O aśoka, O nāga, punnāga and campaka, has Balarāma’s younger brother, whose smile removes the audacity of all proud women, passed this way?

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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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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

An Eager Search for Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    The gopīs asked the kurabaka, aśoka, nāga, punnāga and campaka trees whether Kṛṣṇa had passed that way.

  2. 2

    They described Balarāma’s younger brother as one whose smile removes the audacity of all proud women.

  3. 3

    When a tree did not answer, they impatiently left it and rushed to another. Their inquiries show their eagerness to find Him.

Key points from the purport
  • As soon as the gopīs saw that a particular tree would not answer them, they impatiently left it and rushed off to another to make further inquiries.

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:

From all the moving and nonmoving creatures they asked for news of Kṛṣṇa’s whereabouts. Finally they became so distraught that they began imitating His pastimes.
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. kaccitwhether
  2. kurabaka-aśoka-nāga-punnāga-campakāḥO kurabaka (red amaranth), aśoka, nāga, punnāga and campaka trees
  3. rāmaof Balarāma
  4. anujaḥthe younger brother
  5. māninīnāmof women, who are proud by nature
  6. itaḥpassing by here
  7. darpathe pride
  8. hararemoving
  9. smitaḥwhose smile
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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: “proud”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.30

    In this verse: “inquiries”

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

What can you learn from the gopīs’ eagerness to keep searching for Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Give one minute to remembering Kṛṣṇa today rather than putting it off.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAn Eager Search for KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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