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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 10 · Chapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

10.7.24 10.7.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.7.25

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.7.4inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

रुदितमनुनिशम्य तत्र गोप्यो

भृशमनुतप्तधियोऽश्रुपूर्णमुख्य: ।

रुरुदुरनुपलभ्य नन्दसूनुं

पवन उपारतपांशुवर्षवेगे ॥ २५ ॥

ruditam anuniśamya tatra gopyo

bhṛśam anutapta-dhiyo ’śru-pūrṇa-mukhyaḥ

rurudur anupalabhya nanda-sūnuṁ

pavana upārata-pāṁśu-varṣa-vege

Translation

When the force of the dust storm and the winds subsided, Yaśodā’s friends, the other gopīs, approached mother Yaśodā, hearing her pitiful crying. Not seeing Kṛṣṇa present, they too felt very much aggrieved and joined mother Yaśodā in crying, their eyes full of tears.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Make Kṛṣṇa the Center

1
Hearing Yaśodā’s pitiful crying, the other gopīs approached her after the storm subsided. Not finding Kṛṣṇa, they joined her in tears.
2
The gopīs’ attachment to Kṛṣṇa is wonderful and transcendental. Kṛṣṇa was the center of all their activities.
3
When Kṛṣṇa was present, they were happy; when He was absent, they were unhappy. Their shared lamentation expressed their attachment to Him.

Key points from the purport

This attachment of the gopīs to Kṛṣṇa is wonderful and transcendental.
The center of all the activities of the gopīs was Kṛṣṇa.
Thus when mother Yaśodā was lamenting Kṛṣṇa’s absence, the other ladies also began to cry.

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

Chapter 7: The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The whole tract of land known as Gokula became surcharged with dust, no one could see where the child had been taken, and all the gopīs were overwhelmed because He had been taken away in the dust storm.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 10.7

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

ruditammother Yaśodā, crying pitifully
anuniśamyaafter hearing
tatrathere
gopyaḥthe other ladies, the gopīs
bhṛśamhighly
anutaptalamenting sympathetically after mother Yaśodā
dhiyaḥwith such feelings
aśru-pūrṇa-mukhyaḥand the other gopīs, their faces full of tears

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
Vātsalya · Parental affection
Affection and protective concern for the Lord as a child. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “yaśodā’s”, “mother”
Viraha · Longing in separation
Love and remembrance experienced in apparent absence. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “crying”, “lamentation”
Kīrtana · Hearing and chanting
Remembering the Lord through sacred sound. · Theme in SB 10.7
In this verse: “hearing”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I give Kṛṣṇa a more central place in my daily activities?

Practice

Pause before one activity today and consciously remember Kṛṣṇa.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Connected stories

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

The gopīs and the rāsa danceSB 10.20–22 · The gopīs’ flute songs and vowKṛṣṇa explains that desires fixed upon Him do not produce ordinary material desire for sense gratification. The gopīs’ attention is centered upon Him.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.7's connections

Live this todayMake Kṛṣṇa the CenterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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