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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 47: The Song of the Bee
10.47.2210.47.24

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.47.23

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Uddhavasince 10.47.23inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीउद्धव उवाच

अहो यूयं स्म पूर्णार्था भवत्यो लोकपूजिता: ।

वासुदेवे भगवति यासामित्यर्पितं मन: ॥ २३ ॥

śrī-uddhava uvāca

aho yūyaṁ sma pūrṇārthā

bhavatyo loka-pūjitāḥ

vāsudeve bhagavati

yāsām ity arpitaṁ manaḥ

Translation

Śrī Uddhava said: Certainly you gopīs are all-successful and are universally worshiped because you have dedicated your minds in this way to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva.

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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.

Success Through a Mind Offered to Kṛṣṇa

  1. 1

    Uddhava calls the gopīs all-successful because they have dedicated their minds to Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Their dedication makes them universally worshiped.

  3. 3

    Other devotees have also surrendered their minds to the Lord, but the gopīs are unique in the intensity of their love.

Key points from the purport
  • Although other devotees have certainly surrendered their minds unto the Lord, the gopīs are unique in the intensity of their love.

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

Heartache → Unbroken remembrance. Love endures and deepens despite visible absence.

Chapters 46–49 of Canto 10: Uddhava, the gopīs and the Song of the Bee. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 47: The Song of the Bee

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Quoting Lord Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava said, “I am the Supreme Soul and supreme shelter of all. By My potencies I create, maintain and destroy the cosmos.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.47
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-uddhavaḥ uvācaŚrī Uddhava said
  2. ahoindeed
  3. yūyamyou
  4. smasurely
  5. pūrṇafulfilled
  6. arthāḥwhose purposes
  7. bhavatyaḥyour good selves
  8. lokaby all people
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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

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.47

    In this verse: “worshiped”, “devotees”

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.47

    In this verse: “love”

  • Śaraṇāgati · Wholehearted surrender

    Relinquishing ownership while entrusting oneself to the Lord. · Theme in SB 10.47

    In this verse: “surrendered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What usually occupies your mind, and how could you offer more of that attention to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Pause once today and consciously turn your thoughts toward Kṛṣṇa with a desire to serve Him.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todaySuccess Through a Mind Offered to KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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