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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
10.32.1010.32.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.32.11-12

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

ता: समादाय कालिन्द्या निर्विश्य पुलिनं विभु: ।

विकसत्कुन्दमन्दारसुरभ्यनिलषट्पदम् ॥ ११ ॥

शरच्चन्द्रांशुसन्दोहध्वस्तदोषातम: शिवम् ।

कृष्णाया हस्ततरलाचितकोमलवालुकम् ॥ १२ ॥

tāḥ samādāya kālindyā

nirviśya pulinaṁ vibhuḥ

vikasat-kunda-mandāra

surabhy-anila-ṣaṭpadam

śarac-candrāṁśu-sandoha-

dhvasta-doṣā-tamaḥ śivam

kṛṣṇāyā hasta-taralā

cita-komala-vālukam

Translation

The almighty Lord then took the gopīs with Him to the bank of the Kālindī, who with the hands of her waves had scattered piles of soft sand upon the shore. In that auspicious place the breeze, bearing the fragrance of blooming kunda and mandāra flowers, attracted many bees, and the abundant rays of the autumn moon dispelled the darkness of night.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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.

The Lord Leads Them to an Auspicious Place

  1. 1

    The almighty Lord took the gopīs with Him to the bank of the Kālindī. Her waves, described as hands, had gathered soft sand upon the shore.

  2. 2

    The breeze carried the fragrance of blooming kunda and mandāra flowers and attracted many bees.

  3. 3

    Abundant rays of the autumn moon dispelled the darkness. In this auspicious setting, the gopīs were together with the Lord.

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:

In this way the pain the gopīs had felt because of separation from the Lord was dispelled. Next Lord Kṛṣṇa went to the bank of the Yamunā in the company of the cowherd girls, His internal potencies.
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. tāḥthose gopīs
  2. samādāyataking
  3. kālindyāḥof the Yamunā
  4. nirviśyaentering upon
  5. pulinamthe bank
  6. vibhuḥthe almighty Supreme Lord
  7. vikasatblooming
  8. kunda-mandāraof kunda and mandāra flowers
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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

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

Which detail of this auspicious place helps you thoughtfully remember the Lord?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute remembering the Lord with the gopīs on the moonlit bank of the Kālindī.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lord Leads Them to an Auspicious PlaceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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