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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 39: Akrūra’s Vision
10.39.3410.39.36

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.39.35

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.39.31inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

तास्तथा तप्यतीर्वीक्ष्य स्वप्रस्थाने यदूत्तम: ।

सान्त्वयामास सप्रेमैरायास्य इति दौत्यकै: ॥ ३५ ॥

tās tathā tapyatīr vīkṣya

sva-prasthāṇe yadūttamaḥ

sāntvayām asa sa-premair

āyāsya iti dautyakaiḥ

Translation

As He departed, that best of the Yadus saw how the gopīs were lamenting, and thus He consoled them by sending a messenger with this loving promise: “I will return.”

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Loving Promise to Return

  1. 1

    As He departed, Kṛṣṇa, the best of the Yadus, saw the gopīs lamenting.

  2. 2

    He sent a messenger to console them.

  3. 3

    His message was a loving promise: “I will return.”

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 10.46.1

The Lord had promised the residents of Vṛndāvana: āyāsye, “I shall return.”

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

Anxiety and conflict → Liberation and joy. Heroic victory is complicated by separation from Vraja.

Chapters 39–45 of Canto 10: Mathurā, Kaṁsa and reunion with parents. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 39: Akrūra’s Vision

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The cowherd men of Gokula followed behind on their wagons, and the young gopīs also walked behind for some distance, but then they became placated by Kṛṣṇa’s glances and gestures and pacified by a message from Him that said “I will return.” With their minds completely absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, the cowherd girls stood as still as figures in a painting until they could no longer see the chariot’s flag or the dust cloud being raised on the road.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.39
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tāḥthem (the gopīs)
  2. tathāthus
  3. tapyatīḥlamenting
  4. vīkṣyaseeing
  5. sva-prasthāneas He was leaving
  6. yadu-uttamaḥthe greatest of the Yadus
  7. sāntvayām āsaHe consoled them
  8. sa-premaiḥfull of love
  9. āyāsye iti“I will return”
  10. dautyakaiḥwith words sent through a messenger
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Poṣaṇa · Protection by the Lord

    How does the Lord care for His devotees? · Subject 4 of 10

  • Viraha · Longing in separation

    Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.39

    In this verse: “lamenting”

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

What does Kṛṣṇa’s response to the gopīs’ sorrow show you about His care for them?

Practice

Take a quiet moment to remember Kṛṣṇa’s loving promise, “I will return.”

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.39's connections

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Loving Promise to ReturnThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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