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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 90: Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories
10.90.2410.90.26

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.90.25

Mukti· Liberation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 10.90.25inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

इतीद‍ृशेन भावेन कृष्णे योगेश्वरेश्वरे ।

क्रियमाणेन माधव्यो लेभिरे परमां गतिम् ॥ २५ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

itīdṛśena bhāvena

kṛṣṇe yogeśvareśvare

kriyamāṇena mādhavyo

lebhire paramāṁ gatim

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: By thus speaking and acting with such ecstatic love for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters of mystic yoga, His loving wives attained the ultimate goal of life.

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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.

Pure Loving Devotion Is the Supreme Goal

  1. 1

    Through their speech and actions in ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, the master of all masters of mystic yoga, His wives attained the ultimate goal. Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī explains that they attained His eternal abode without delay.

  2. 2

    Their supreme attainment was not impersonal liberation but prema-bhakti, pure loving devotion. Already filled with divine love, they possessed transcendental bodies of eternity, knowledge and bliss.

  3. 3

    Their love matured into the ecstasy of madness in pure love. Their extraordinary expressions reveal intimate, loving exchanges with the Supreme Lord, not ordinary distress.

Key points from the purport
  • According to Ācārya Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī, here Śukadeva Gosvāmī uses the present tense of the word kriyamāṇena to indicate that the Lord’s queens attained His eternal abode immediately, without delay.
  • Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī remarks that the supreme goal attained by these exalted women was not the liberation of the impersonal yogīs but the perfect state of prema-bhakti, pure loving devotion.
  • Specifically, in the opinion of Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, their love of God matured into the ecstasy of madness in pure love (bhāvonmada), just as the gopīs’ love did when Kṛṣṇa disappeared from their midst during the rāsa dance.

The purport's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Connected verses· 2

The purport of SB 10.90.25 quotesSB 1.15.20

For further information on this subject, see Śrīla Prabhupāda’s purport to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.20.

The purport of SB 10.90.25 quotesSB 10.30.19

Just see how gracefully I move!”

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Awe → Reverent fulfillment. The canto closes with theological wonder.

Chapters 87–90 of Canto 10: The Vedas praise and the Lord's glories conclude. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 90: Summary of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Glories

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

With His graceful gestures, loving words and sidelong glances, He would enchant their hearts. In this way the queens would become totally absorbed in thoughts of Him.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 10.90
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. itispeaking thus
  3. īdṛśenawith such
  4. bhāvenaecstatic love
  5. kṛṣṇefor Kṛṣṇa
  6. yoga-īśvaraof masters of yoga
  7. īśvarethe master
  8. kriyamāṇenabehaving
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Mukti · Liberation

    What is real freedom for the soul? · Subject 9 of 10

  • Prema · Transcendental love

    The intimacy and sweetness of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. · Theme in SB 10.90

    In this verse: “love”, “ecstatic”, “ecstasy”

  • Bhakti · Devotion and loving service

    How devotion reorganizes desire and action. · Theme in SB 10.90

    In this verse: “devotion”

  • Jñāna · Spiritual insight

    Inquiry, revelation and discrimination between self and matter. · Theme in SB 10.90

    In this verse: “knowledge”

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 understanding pure loving devotion as the goal shape what you seek from spiritual practice?

Practice

Before a devotional activity today, pause and make loving service to Kṛṣṇa your intention.

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Connected stories

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

The purport quotesSB 1.15.20SB 10.30.19

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 10.90's connections

Live this todayPure Loving Devotion Is the Supreme GoalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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