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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 35: The Gopīs Sing of Kṛṣṇa as He Wanders in the Forest
10.34.3210.35.2-3

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.35.1

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.35.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

गोप्य: कृष्णे वनं याते तमनुद्रुतचेतस: ।

कृष्णलीला: प्रगायन्त्यो निन्युर्दु:खेन वासरान् ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

gopyaḥ kṛṣṇe vanaṁ yāte

tam anudruta-cetasaḥ

kṛṣṇa-līlāḥ pragāyantyo

ninyur duḥkhena vāsarān

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Whenever Kṛṣṇa went to the forest, the minds of the gopīs would run after Him, and thus the young girls sadly spent their days singing of His pastimes.

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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.

Remembering Kṛṣṇa While Doing Our Duties

  1. 1

    Although the gopīs enjoyed Kṛṣṇa’s direct association at night in the rāsa dance, during the day He tended His cows in the forest.

  2. 2

    Their minds would run after Him, but they had to remain in the village and perform their own duties.

  3. 3

    Feeling the pain of separation, they spent their days singing about Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes.

Key points from the purport
  • Although the gopīs enjoyed direct association with Kṛṣṇa at night in the rāsa dance, during the day He went about His normal duties, tending His cows in the forest.
  • At that time the minds of the gopīs would run after Him, but the young girls had to stay back in the village and do their own duties.
  • Thus feeling the pain of separation, they would sing about Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes.

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

Attachment → Impending loss. The approach of departure gives pastoral love a poignant edge.

Chapters 34–38 of Canto 10: Further Vraja events and Akrūra's arrival. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 35: The Gopīs Sing of Kṛṣṇa as He Wanders in the Forest

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter contains the songs the gopīs sing to express their feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa when He goes to the forest during the day. As the gopīs’ mood of separation from Śrī Kṛṣṇa becomes ever more intense, His names, forms, qualities and pastimes begin spontaneously manifesting in their hearts.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.35
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. gopyaḥthe gopīs
  3. kṛṣṇeLord Kṛṣṇa
  4. vanamto the forest
  5. yātehaving gone
  6. tamafter Him
  7. anudrutachasing
  8. cetasaḥwhose minds
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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

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.35

    In this verse: “separation”

  • Dharma · Duty and righteous conduct

    Right action as duty, responsibility and devotion. · Theme in SB 10.35

    In this verse: “duties”

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 you remember Kṛṣṇa while attending to your daily duties?

Practice

During a pause in your duties today, sing a few words about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa While Doing Our DutiesThis 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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