Study a Verse

• Those who are familiar with the art of chanting Sanskrit verses will be able to appreciate the especially exquisite Sanskrit poetry of this chapter.
• Specifically, the poetic meter of the verses is extraordinarily beautiful, and also, for the most part, in each line the first and seventh syllables begin with the same consonant, as do the second syllables of all four lines.

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

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

This verse is a turning point of the arc: The gopīs seek Kṛṣṇa.

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

Chapter 31: The Gopīs’ Songs of Separation

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Because the gopīs had dedicated their minds and very lives to Kṛṣṇa, they were beside themselves with the transcendental pain of separation. But their crying, which appears like evidence of misery, actually shows their exalted state of transcendental bliss.