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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
10.65.1510.65.17

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.65.16

Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protection
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.65.9inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

सङ्कर्षणस्ता: कृष्णस्य सन्देशैर्हृदयंगमै: ।

सान्‍त्‍वयामास भगवान् नानानुनयकोविद: ॥ १६ ॥

saṅkarṣaṇas tāḥ kṛṣṇasya

sandeśair hṛdayaṁ-gamaiḥ

sāntvayām āsa bhagavān

nānānunaya-kovidaḥ

Translation

The Supreme Lord Balarāma, the attractor of all, being expert at various kinds of conciliation, consoled the gopīs by relaying to them the confidential messages Lord Kṛṣṇa had sent with Him. These messages deeply touched the gopīs’ hearts.

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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.

Kṛṣṇa’s Loving Messages Console the Gopīs

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord Balarāma expertly consoles the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa’s confidential messages. These messages are sweet, filled with pure love and free from pride.

  2. 2

    Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains that the name Saṅkarṣaṇa indicates that Balarāma attracted Kṛṣṇa to appear in His mind and thus showed Him to the gopīs.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa’s messages include transcendental knowledge, words of conciliation and revelations of His power. They deeply touch the gopīs’ hearts.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī quotes the following verse from Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa (5.24.20), which describes the messages Lord Balarāma brought from Kṛṣṇa for the gopīs:
  • Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī also comments that the use of the name Saṅkarṣaṇa here implies that Balarāma attracted Lord Kṛṣṇa to appear in His mind and in this way showed Śrī Kṛṣṇa to the gopīs.
  • Besides its given meaning, the word hṛdayaṁ-gamaiḥ also indicates that these messages were confidential.

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:

Lord Balarāma consoled them by conveying the attractive messages Kṛṣṇa had given Him for them. Lord Balarāma stayed in Gokula for two months, sporting with the gopīs in the groves on the Yamunā’s shore.
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. saṅkarṣaṇaḥLord Balarāma, the supreme attractor
  2. tāḥthem
  3. kṛṣṇasyaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  4. sandeśaiḥby the confidential messages
  5. hṛdayamthe heart
  6. gamaiḥtouching
  7. sāntvayām āsaconsoled
  8. bhagavānthe Supreme Lord
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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

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.65

    In this verse: “love”, “sweet”

  • Vairāgya · Freedom from attachment

    Release from possessiveness and false identities. · Theme in SB 10.65

    In this verse: “free from”

  • Dainya · Humility

    Ego yields to insight, service and surrender. · Theme in SB 10.65

    In this verse: “pride”

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 does the absence of pride make Kṛṣṇa’s loving messages especially touching?

Practice

When comforting someone today, choose gentle words without trying to display your own importance.

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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 todayKṛṣṇa’s Loving Messages Console the GopīsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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