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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 33: The Rāsa Dance
10.33.2310.33.25

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.33.24

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.33.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ततश्च कृष्णोपवने जलस्थल-

प्रसूनगन्धानिलजुष्टदिक्तटे ।

चचार भृङ्गप्रमदागणावृतो

यथा मदच्युद् द्विरद: करेणुभि: ॥ २४ ॥

tataś ca kṛṣṇopavane jala-sthala

prasūna-gandhānila-juṣṭa-dik-taṭe

cacāra bhṛṅga-pramadā-gaṇāvṛto

yathā mada-cyud dviradaḥ kareṇubhiḥ

Translation

Then the Lord strolled through a small forest on the bank of the Yamunā. This forest was filled to its limits with breezes carrying the fragrances of all the flowers growing on the land and in the water. Followed by His entourage of bees and beautiful women, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared like an intoxicated elephant with his she-elephants.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa Continues His Beautiful Forest Pastimes

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa strolled through a small forest beside the Yamunā, filled with breezes carrying the fragrance of land and water flowers.

  2. 2

    Surrounded by bees and beautiful women, He appeared like an intoxicated elephant accompanied by his she-elephants.

  3. 3

    Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that Kṛṣṇa’s body was massaged after His water play. He then dressed in His favorite clothing before resuming His pastimes with the gopīs.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, it is implicit here that after playing in the water Lord Kṛṣṇa had His body massaged, and that He then dressed Himself in His favorite clothing before resuming His pastimes with the gopīs.

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 33: The Rāsa Dance

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Śrī Kṛṣṇa is self-satisfied and fully endowed with inconceivable, transcendental opulences. When He exhibits such pastimes as the rāsa-līlā, all living beings, from Brahmā down to the blades of grass, become merged in the ocean of astonishment.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.33
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥthen
  2. caand
  3. kṛṣṇāof the river Yamunā
  4. upavanein a small forest
  5. jalaof the water
  6. sthalaand the land
  7. prasūnaof flowers
  8. gandhawith the fragrance
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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

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 10.33

    In this verse: “favorite”

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 in this description helps you attend more closely to Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes?

Practice

Choose one detail from this scene and spend a quiet minute remembering the Lord’s forest stroll.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Continues His Beautiful Forest PastimesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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