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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 32: The Reunion
10.32.910.32.11-12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.32.10

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.32.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ताभिर्विधूतशोकाभिर्भगवानच्युतो वृत: ।

व्यरोचताधिकं तात पुरुष: शक्तिभिर्यथा ॥ १० ॥

tābhir vidhūta-śokābhir

bhagavān acyuto vṛtaḥ

vyarocatādhikaṁ tāta

puruṣaḥ śaktibhir yathā

Translation

Encircled by the gopīs, who were now relieved of all distress, Lord Acyuta, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, shone forth splendidly. My dear King, Kṛṣṇa thus appeared like the Supersoul encircled by His spiritual potencies.

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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.

Pure Love Makes Kṛṣṇa Shine

  1. 1

    Lord Acyuta is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Surrounded by the gopīs, He appeared like the Supersoul encircled by His spiritual potencies.

  2. 2

    The gopīs are Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency. When they were happy again, He shone even more brilliantly and His transcendental bliss increased.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs love one another with pure transcendental love. Their exchange takes place on a transcendental platform, inconceivable to those bound in material existence.

Key points from the purport
  • The gopīs are Lord Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency, and therefore when they were relieved and happy again the Lord shone forth even more brilliantly than before, and His transcendental bliss increased.
  • Kṛṣṇa loves the gopīs with pure transcendental love, and they love Him in the same pure way.
  • The whole affair, conducted on the transcendental platform, is inconceivable to those bound in material existence.

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 32: The Reunion

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Next Lord Kṛṣṇa went to the bank of the Yamunā in the company of the cowherd girls, His internal potencies. The gopīs then made a seat for Kṛṣṇa out of their shawls, and after He had sat down they enjoyed with Him by gesturing amorously.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.32
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tābhiḥby these gopīs
  2. vidhūtafully cleansed
  3. śokābhiḥof their distress
  4. bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead
  5. acyutaḥthe infallible Lord
  6. vṛtaḥsurrounded
  7. vyarocataappeared brilliant
  8. adhikamexceedingly
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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

  • Karuṇā · Compassion

    Concern for others expressed through bhakti. · Theme in SB 10.32

    In this verse: “distress”

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 10.32

    In this verse: “king”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.32

    In this verse: “love”

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 knowing that this love is transcendental change the way you read the reunion?

Practice

Before a small act of devotional service today, remember that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offer the service for His pleasure.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayPure Love Makes Kṛṣṇa ShineThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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