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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 5: The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
10.5.1310.5.15-16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.5.14

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.5.1-2inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

गोपा: परस्परं हृष्टा दधिक्षीरघृताम्बुभि: ।

आसिञ्चन्तो विलिम्पन्तो नवनीतैश्च चिक्षिपु: ॥ १४ ॥

gopāḥ parasparaṁ hṛṣṭā

dadhi-kṣīra-ghṛtāmbubhiḥ

āsiñcanto vilimpanto

navanītaiś ca cikṣipuḥ

Translation

In gladness, the cowherd men enjoyed the great festival by splashing one another’s bodies with a mixture of curd, condensed milk, butter and water. They threw butter on one another and smeared it on one another’s bodies.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Abundance Enjoyed in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

  1. 1

    The joyful cowherd men splashed one another with curd, condensed milk, butter and water. They also threw and smeared butter on one another.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that milk products were plentiful enough for eating, drinking, cooking and unrestricted use at festivals.

  3. 3

    Everyone had an ample stock of milk. Through varied milk preparations, people maintained good health naturally and enjoyed life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Key points from the purport
  • From this statement we can understand that five thousand years ago not only was there enough milk, butter and curd to eat, drink and cook with, but when there was a festival it would be thrown about without restriction.
  • There was no limit to how extensively milk, butter, curd and other such products were used in human society.
  • Everyone had an ample stock of milk, and by using it in many varied milk preparations, people would keep good health in natural ways and thus enjoy life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Śrīla Prabhupāda'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

Worry and play → Parental tenderness. The Supreme becomes the beloved child of His devotees.

Chapters 5–11 of Canto 10: Gokula, Yaśodā and the infant Lord. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 5: The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

During this great festival, Nanda Mahārāja gave in charity to all present whatever they desired. After the festival, Nanda Mahārāja put the cowherd men in charge of protecting Gokula, and then he went to Mathurā to pay official taxes to Kaṁsa.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.5
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. gopāḥthe cowherd men
  2. parasparamon one another
  3. hṛṣṭāḥbeing so pleased
  4. dadhiwith curd
  5. kṣīrawith condensed milk
  6. ghṛta-ambubhiḥwith water mixed with butter
  7. āsiñcantaḥsprinkling
  8. vilimpantaḥsmearing
  9. navanītaiḥ caand with butter
  10. cikṣipuḥthey threw on one another
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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

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 your enjoyment of daily nourishment remain connected with Kṛṣṇa consciousness?

Practice

At one meal today, pause to remember the cowherd men’s joyful, Kṛṣṇa-conscious use of their abundance.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayAbundance Enjoyed in Kṛṣṇa ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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