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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 65: Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana
10.65.1410.65.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.65.15

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.65.9inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

इति प्रहसितं शौरेर्जल्पितं चारु वीक्षितम् ।

गतिं प्रेमपरिष्वङ्गं स्मरन्त्यो रुरुदु: स्‍त्रिय: ॥ १५ ॥

iti prahasitaṁ śaurer

jalpitaṁ cāru-vīkṣitam

gatiṁ prema-pariṣvaṅgaṁ

smarantyo ruruduḥ striyaḥ

Translation

While speaking these words, the young cowherd women remembered Lord Śauri’s laughter, His pleasing conversations with them, His attractive glances, His style of walking and His loving embraces. Thus they began to cry.

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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 Brings Tears of Love

  1. 1

    The cowherd women remember Lord Śauri’s laughter, pleasing conversations, attractive glances, walking and loving embraces.

  2. 2

    The purport describes Kṛṣṇa’s nectarean laughter as darts that pierced their hearts before He went away.

  3. 3

    They wonder how the city women could survive if Kṛṣṇa treated them similarly. Overwhelmed, they cry even in Śrī Baladeva’s presence.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments as follows: “The gopīs thought, ‘The Kṛṣṇa moon, after piercing our hearts with the darts of His nectarean laughter, went away.
  • So how will the city women not die when He does the same to them?’
  • Overwhelmed with these thoughts, the young cowherd girls began to cry, even in the presence of Śrī Baladeva.”

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

Conflict and affection → Devotional wonder. Divine intimacy coexists with royal duties.

Chapters 60–69 of Canto 10: Palace life, family bonds and heroic protection. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 65: Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this manner the gopīs remembered Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s charming talks, enchanting glances, playful gestures and loving embraces, and as a result they began to cry. Lord Balarāma consoled them by conveying the attractive messages Kṛṣṇa had given Him for them.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.65
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. itithus speaking
  2. prahasitamthe laughter
  3. śaureḥof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. jalpitamthe pleasing conversations
  5. cāruattractive
  6. vīkṣitamthe glances
  7. gatimthe walking
  8. premaloving
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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

Which detail of Kṛṣṇa remembered by the gopīs draws your attention most?

Practice

Choose one detail from the translation and spend a minute attentively remembering Kṛṣṇa through it.

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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 10.65's connections

Live this todayRemembering Kṛṣṇa Brings Tears of LoveThis 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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