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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
10.32.710.32.9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.32.8

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

तं काचिन्नेत्ररन्ध्रेण हृदिकृत्वा निमील्य च ।

पुलकाङ्‌‌ग्युपगुह्यास्ते योगीवानन्द सम्प्लुता ॥ ८ ॥

taṁ kācin netra-randhreṇa

hṛdi kṛtvā nimīlya ca

pulakāṅgy upaguhyāste

yogīvānanda-samplutā

Translation

One gopī took the Lord through the aperture of her eyes and placed Him within her heart. Then, with her eyes closed and her bodily hairs standing on end, she continuously embraced Him within. Thus immersed in transcendental ecstasy, she resembled a yogī meditating upon the Lord.

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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.

Embracing the Lord Within the Heart

  1. 1

    One gopī placed the Lord within her heart through her eyes, then closed them and continuously embraced Him within. Immersed in transcendental ecstasy, she resembled a yogī meditating upon the Lord.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that the seven gopīs described so far belong to the eight principal gopīs. Their status allowed them to approach Śrī Kṛṣṇa immediately.

  3. 3

    The purport establishes Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī as the Lord’s most beloved gopī and His primeval internal potency. She possesses the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura states that the seven gopīs mentioned so far in this chapter are the first seven of the eight principal gopīs, whose status allowed them to immediately approach Śrī Kṛṣṇa upon His reappearance.
  • The Padma Purāṇa confirms that Śrī Rādhā is the foremost of the gopīs:
  • Of all the gopīs, She is the most beloved of the Lord.”

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

Connected verses· 1

The purport of SB 10.32.8 quotesCC Ādi 4.83

(This translation is Śrīla Prabhupāda’s English rendering of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi 4.83.)

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

One of them then placed Kṛṣṇa within her heart, closed her eyes and, embracing Him within herself again and again, became absorbed in transcendental bliss, just like a yogī. In this way the pain the gopīs had felt because of separation from the Lord was dispelled.
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. tamHim
  2. kācitone of them
  3. netraof her eyes
  4. randhreṇathrough the aperture
  5. hṛdiin her heart
  6. kṛtvāplacing
  7. nimīlyaclosing
  8. caand
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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

  • Prema · Transcendental love

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

    In this verse: “ecstasy”

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 can this gopī’s inward attention encourage your own remembrance of the Lord?

Practice

After reading the verse, close your eyes briefly and remember Lord Kṛṣṇa within your heart.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayEmbracing the Lord Within the HeartThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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