Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.1 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१ ॥
श्री-शुक उवाच---
भगवान् अपि ता रात्रीः शरदोत्फुल्ल-मल्लिकाः ।
वीक्ष्य रन्तुं मनश् चक्रे योगमायाम् उपाश्रितः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
भगवान् अपि** इत्य् अपि-शब्देन तत्-प्रेयस्योऽपीति समुच्चीयन्ते । ता निज-माधुर्येणाप्य् अस्मन्-मनो-हारिणीः । शरदा अपि मल्लिकोत्फुल्ल-तादृश-रस-मय-लीला-समय-रूपत्वात् । योगमायां दुर्घट-घटना-शक्तिम् । उप समीपे आश्रितः । तादृश-तत्-सेवावसरापेक्षया निकटस्थ-तादृश-शक्तिम् इत्य् अर्थः ॥१॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.1
Śrī Śuka said:
Bhagavān beheld those autumn nights, when the jasmine flowers had blossomed. Desiring to sport, He formed His resolve under the shelter of Yogamāyā.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
In the phrase "Bhagavān also," the word "also" includes His beloveds: they too formed the desire to sport. "Those nights" had stolen even His mind through their own sweetness. Autumn itself had brought the jasmine into blossom because it was the season for such līlā, filled with this rasa. Yogamāyā is the potency that makes the impossible possible. He took shelter close beside her. In other words, because He awaited the opportunity for such service, that potency stood near Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.2 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२ ॥
तदोडु-राजः ककुभः करैर् मुखं
प्राच्या विलिम्पन्न् अरुणेन शन्तमैः ।
स चर्षणीनाम् उदगाच् छुचो मृजन्
प्रियः प्रियाया इव दीर्घ-दर्शनः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
करैर् अरुणेन तद्-गतोदय-रागेण ॥२॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.2
Then the king of the stars arose. With his rays and their most soothing crimson glow, he anointed the face of the eastern quarter. Wiping away the sorrows of humankind, he appeared like a beloved who has returned to his beloved after a long absence.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
The eastern sky was anointed by the moon's rays, "with crimson" meaning the passionate redness belonging to his rising.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.3 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३ ॥
दृष्ट्वा कुमुद्वन्तम् अखण्ड-मण्डलं
रमाननाभं नव-कुङ्कुमारुणम् ।
वनं च तत्-कोमल-गोभिर् अञ्जितं
जगौ कलं वाम-दृशां मनोहरम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
महा-लक्ष्मी-रूपत्वेन । यद् वा, श्री-कृष्ण-स्मरण-हेतुत्वेन रमात्र श्री-राधा---इति वेणु-रवं राजन् सर्व-भूत-मनोहरम् [भा।पु। १०.२९.६] इति पूर्वोक्तात् । वैशिष्ट्यम् आह---वाम-दृशां मनोहरम् इति । आदि-रसोद्दीपन-गान-विशेषाद् इति भावः ॥३॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.3
He saw the moon's unbroken orb, filled with night-blooming lilies, resembling Ramā's face and crimson like fresh kuṅkuma. He saw the forest anointed by the moon's tender rays, and He sang a soft melody that stole the minds of the doe-eyed gopīs.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
The moon resembled Ramā's face because Ramā is Mahā-Lakṣmī. Alternatively, here Ramā is Śrī Rādhā, because the moon causes remembrance of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Earlier the flute's sound was called "enchanting to the minds of all beings" in Bhāgavata 10.29.6. This verse states its special effect: it stole the minds of the doe-eyed gopīs because the particular song stimulated the original erotic rasa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.4 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४ ॥
निशम्य गीतं तद्-अनङ्ग-वर्धनं
व्रज-स्त्रियः कृष्ण-गृहीत-मानसाः ।
आजग्मुर् अन्योन्यम् अलक्षितोद्यमाः
स यत्र कान्तो जवलोल-कुण्डलाः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
आजग्मुः प्राप्तवत्यः ॥४॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.4
Hearing that song, which increased the power of Ananga, the women of Vraja, their minds already seized by Kṛṣṇa, came to the place where their beloved stood. Hurrying so swiftly that their earrings swung, they did not notice one another setting out.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"They came" means that they reached Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.5-7 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.५-७ ॥
दुहन्त्योऽभिययुः काश्चिद् दोहं हित्वा समुत्सुकाः ।
पयोऽधिश्रित्य संयावम् अनुद्वास्यापरा ययुः ॥
परिवेषयन्त्यस् तद् धित्वा पाययन्त्यः शिशून् पयः ।
शुश्रूषन्त्यः पतीन् काश्चिद् अश्नन्त्योऽपास्य भोजनम् ॥
लिम्पन्त्यः प्रमृजन्त्योऽन्या अञ्जन्त्यः काश् च लोचने ।
व्यत्यस्त-वस्त्राभरणाः काश्चित् कृष्णान्तिकं ययुः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
दुहन्त्यो दोहयन्तोऽभिययुश् चलितवत्यः ॥५॥ शिशून् भगिनी-यातृ-पुत्रादीन् । पयो गव्यं सुतान् स्तनम् इत्य् उक्तेर् आलम्बन-वैरूप्यात्, सर्वाः शरत्-काव्य-कथा-रसाश्रयाः [भा।पु। १०.३३.२५] इति वक्ष्यमाण-रसाश्रयत्वे विरोधाच् च । शुश्रूषयन्त्य इत्य् अन्तर्-गृह-रीतिकाः काश्चिद् एव ज्ञेयाः । अन्यासां, यत् पत्य्-अपत्य-सुहृदाम् [भा।पु। १०.२९.३२] इत्य्-आदिना तद्-अस्वीकारात् ॥६॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.5-7
Some were milking cows. Eagerly abandoning the milk pail, they hurried toward Him. Others left milk heating on the stove and went without taking down the cooked sweet rice.
Some were serving food, while others were feeding milk to children. Abandoning these tasks, they went. Some left while tending their husbands, and others cast aside the meal they were eating.
Some left while applying cosmetics, cleansing themselves, or decorating their eyes. Others reached Kṛṣṇa wearing their garments and ornaments in the wrong places.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"While milking" means while causing the cows to be milked; they set out at once.
The "children" were the sons of sisters, brothers-in-law, and other relatives. The "milk" was cow's milk, since elsewhere the text distinguishes "milk" from "sons" at the breast. Reading the phrase otherwise would produce an incongruous object and contradict the later teaching that these nights were the shelter of all the rasa found in autumnal poetry and narrative, Bhāgavata 10.33.25. Only some women who followed the ways of life inside the household should be understood as tending their husbands. The others had rejected such relationships, as their words beginning "husband, children, and relatives" in Bhāgavata 10.29.32 make clear.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.8 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.८ ॥
ता वार्यमाणाः पतिभिः पितृभिर् भातृ-बन्धुभिः ।
गोविन्दापहृतात्मानो न न्यवर्तन्त मोहिताः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.8
Though their husbands, fathers, brothers, and other relatives tried to restrain them, they did not turn back. Govinda had stolen their very selves, and they were utterly enchanted.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.9 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.९ ॥
अन्तर्-गृह-गताः काश्चिद् गोप्योऽलब्ध-विनिर्गमाः ।
कृष्णं तद्-भावना-युक्ता दध्युर् मीलित-लोचनाः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
अन्तर्** इत्य्-आद्य् अष्टकम् ॥९॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.9
Some gopīs, confined within their homes and unable to find a way out, closed their eyes and meditated upon Kṛṣṇa, wholly absorbed in thoughts of Him.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
The eight-verse sequence beginning with "confined within their homes" starts here.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.10-11 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१०-११ ॥
दुःसह-प्रेष्ठ-विरह-तीव्र-ताप-धुताशुभाः ।
ध्यान-प्राप्ताच्युताश्लेष-निर्वृत्या क्षीण-मङ्गलाः ॥
तम् एव परमात्मानं जार-बुद्ध्यापि सङ्गताः ।
जहुर् गुण-मयं देहं सद्यः प्रक्षीण-बन्धनाः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.10-11
The unbearable, blazing pain of separation from their dearest Lord swept away all that was inauspicious. In meditation they attained Acyuta's embrace, and the bliss of that union exhausted all that was auspicious.
Though they approached Him with the conception of a paramour, He alone was the Supreme Self. Their bonds were at once completely destroyed, and they relinquished bodies composed of the material qualities.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.12 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१२ ॥
राजोवाच---
कृष्णं विदुः परं कान्तं न तु ब्रह्मतया मुने ।
गुण-प्रवाहोपरमस् तासां गुण-धियां कथम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.12
The king said:
O sage, the gopīs knew Kṛṣṇa only as their supreme beloved, not as Brahman. Their minds were absorbed in His qualities. How, then, could the current of the material qualities cease for them?
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.13 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१३ ॥
श्री-शुक उवाच---
उक्तं पुरस्ताद् एतत् ते चैद्यः सिद्धिं यथा गतः ।
द्विषन्न् अपि हृषीकेशं किम् उताधोक्षज-प्रियाः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.13
Śrī Śuka said:
I already explained to you how Śiśupāla attained perfection even while hating Hṛṣīkeśa. How much more, then, must this be true of those who were dear to Adhokṣaja?
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.14 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१४ ॥
नॄणां निःश्रेयसार्थाय व्यक्तिर् भगवतो नृप ।
अव्ययस्याप्रमेयस्य निर्गुणस्य गुणात्मनः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.14
O king, the imperishable, immeasurable Bhagavān, who stands beyond the material qualities and is the source of all qualities, manifests Himself for the highest good of human beings.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.15 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१५ ॥
कामं क्रोधं भयं स्नेहम् ऐक्यं सौहृदम् एव च ।
नित्यं हरौ विदधतो यान्ति तन्-मयतां हि ते ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.15
Those who constantly direct desire, anger, fear, affection, unity, or friendship toward Hari surely attain absorption in Him.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.16 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१६ ॥
न चैवं विस्मयः कार्यो भवता भगवत्य् अजे ।
योगेश्वरेश्वरे कृष्णे यत एतद् विमुच्यते ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.16
You should not be astonished that people become freed through Kṛṣṇa, for He is unborn Bhagavān, the Lord even of the masters of yoga.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.17 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१७ ॥
ता दृष्ट्वान्तिकम् आयाता भगवान् व्रज-योषितः ।
अवदद् वदतां श्रेष्ठो वाचः पेशैर् विमोहयन् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.17
Bhagavān saw the women of Vraja arrive close beside Him. The foremost of eloquent speakers bewildered them with artful words.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.18 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.१८ ॥
श्री-भगवान् उवाच---
स्वागतं वो महा-भागाः प्रियं किं करवाणि वः ।
व्रजस्यानामयं कच्चिद् ब्रूतागमन-कारणम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
स्वागतम् इत्य्-आदिकम् उत्तर-प्रत्युत्तरम् ॥१८॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.18
Śrī Bhagavān said:
Welcome, O greatly fortunate ones. What pleasing service may I perform for you? Is all well in Vraja? Please tell Me the reason for your coming.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
The exchange of question and reply begins with the words "Welcome to you."
Original
Sanskrit
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.19
This night has a terrifying appearance and is frequented by fearsome creatures. O slender-waisted women, return to Vraja. Women should not remain here.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
A variant reads "home" in place of "Vraja."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.20 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२० ॥
मातरः पितरः पुत्राः भ्रातरः पतयश् च वः ।
विचिन्वन्ति ह्य् अपश्यन्तो मा कृढ्वं बन्धु-साध्वसम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.20
Your mothers, fathers, sons, brothers, and husbands, unable to see you, are surely searching for you. Do not cause fear among your relatives.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.21-22 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२१-२२ ॥
दृष्टं वनं कुसुमितं राकेश-कर-रञ्जितम् ।
यमुनानिल-लीलैजत्-तरु-पल्लव-शोभितम् ॥
तद् यात मा चिरं गोष्ठं1 शुश्रूषध्वं पतीन् सतीः ।
क्रन्दन्ति वत्सा बालाश् च तान् पाययत दुह्यत ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
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घोषम् इति श्री-जीव-गोस्वामिनां पाठः । गृहम् इति कैश्चित् । ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.21-22
You have seen the flowering forest, colored by the full moon's rays and beautified by tender leaves that tremble playfully in the Yamunā breeze. Therefore, do not delay. Go to the cowherd settlement, chaste ladies, and serve your husbands. The calves and children are crying; feed the children and milk the cows.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
Jīva Gosvāmī reads "the settlement"; other witnesses read "the village" or "home."
Original
Sanskrit
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.23
Or perhaps affection for Me has compelled your hearts and brought you here. That is entirely fitting, for every living being feels affection for Me.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
Some witnesses read "toward Me" as "toward Mine."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.24 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२४ ॥
भर्तुः शुश्रूषणं स्त्रीणां परो धर्मो ह्य् अमायया ।
तद्-बन्धूनां च कल्याण्यः प्रजानां चानुपोषणम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
किं वा प्रार्थना-पक्षे भर्तुर् इत्य् अमायया अमिथ्यात्वेनैव यो भर्ता, तस्य कौमारम् आरभ्य भवतीनां मय्य् एव, न तु तत्-कान्त-भाव इति मिथ्यैव भर्तुर् इत्य् अर्थः । कन्य-वैमत्येन बलात् पतित्वाभावात् परम-धर्म-विदा श्री-भीष्मेणाम्बायाः परित्यागाद् इति भावः ॥२४॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.24
O auspicious women, sincere service to one's husband is the highest duty for women, together with service to his relatives and the care of one's children.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
Alternatively, if Kṛṣṇa's words are understood as a prayer, "service to a husband without deception" means service to the man who is genuinely the husband, without falsity. From the time of girlhood your feeling of belonging to a beloved has rested in Me alone. Thus the supposed husbandhood of those other men is false. A man does not become a husband by force when the maiden does not consent. This is why Śrī Bhīṣma, the supreme knower of dharma, relinquished Ambā.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.25 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२५ ॥
दुःशीलो दुर्भगो वृद्धो जडो रोग्य् अधनोऽपि वा ।
पतिः स्त्रीभिर् न हातव्यो लोकेप्सुभिर् अपातकी ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
एवम् एव दुःशील इत्य्-आदि योज्यम् ॥२५॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.25
Women who desire a good destination in this world and the next must not abandon a husband who is not fallen, even if his conduct is bad, his fortune poor, or he is old, incapable, diseased, or destitute.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
The same alternative construction should be applied to the verse beginning "Even if he is ill-behaved."
Original
Sanskrit
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.26
For a woman of respectable family, relation with a paramour obstructs heaven, destroys reputation, is insignificant, painful, fear-producing, and condemned everywhere.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
A variant reads "indeed" in place of "and."
Original
Sanskrit
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.27
Love for Me arises through hearing, seeing, meditating, and repeated glorification, not so much through physical nearness. Therefore, return to your homes.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
A variant reads the singular "home."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.28 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२८ ॥
श्री-शुक उवाच---
इति विप्रियम् आकर्ण्य गोप्यो गोविन्द-भाषितम् ।
विषण्णा भग्न-सङ्कल्पाश् चिन्ताम् आपुर् दुरत्ययाम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.28
Śrī Śuka said:
Hearing these displeasing words spoken by Govinda, the gopīs became despondent. Their resolve shattered, they entered an insurmountable anguish.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.29 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.२९ ॥
कृत्वा मुखान्य् अव शुचः श्वसनेन शुष्यद्
बिम्बाधराणि चरणेन लिखन्त्यः ।
अस्रैर् उपात्त-मसिभिः कुच-कुङ्कुमानि
तस्थुर् मृजन्त्य उरु-दुःख-भराः स्म तूष्णीम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.29
Their heads bowed, their bimba-red lips drying beneath their sorrowful sighs, the gopīs traced the ground with their feet. Their streams of tears, darkened by collyrium, washed the kuṅkuma from their breasts. Overwhelmed by the weight of immense grief, they stood in silence.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.30 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३० ॥
प्रेष्ठं प्रियेतरम् इव प्रतिभाषमाणं
कृष्णं तद्-अर्थ-विनिवर्तित-सर्व-कामाः ।
नेत्रे विमृज्य रुदितोपहते स्म किञ्चित्
संरम्भ-गद्गद-गिरोऽब्रुवतानुरक्ताः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.30
Kṛṣṇa was their dearest beloved, yet He spoke as though He were otherwise. For His sake they had turned away every other desire. Deeply attached, they wiped their eyes, which were overcome by weeping, and glanced up slightly. Their voices choked by impassioned indignation, they spoke.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.31 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३१ ॥
गोप्य ऊचुः---
मैवं विभोऽर्हति भवान् गदितुं नृशंसम्
सन्त्यज्य सर्व-विषयांस् तव पाद-मूलम् ।
भक्ता भजस्व दुरवग्रह मा त्यजास्मान्
देवो यथादि-पुरुषो भजते मुमुक्षून् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.31
The gopīs said:
All-pervading Lord, You should not speak such cruel words. We have completely abandoned every object of sense and taken refuge at the root of Your feet. O difficult one, reciprocate with us; do not forsake us. Just as the primeval Lord accepts those who seek liberation, accept us.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.32 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३२ ॥
यत् पत्य्-अपत्य-सुहृदाम् अनुवृत्तिर् अङ्ग
स्त्रीणां स्व-धर्म इति धर्म-विदा त्वयोक्तम् ।
अस्त्व् एवम् एतद् उपदेश-पदे त्वयीशे
प्रेष्ठो भवांस् तनु-भृतां किल बन्धुर् आत्मा ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.32
Dear one, You know dharma and have said that a woman's own duty is faithful service to her husband, children, and friends. Let that teaching stand, but let it be directed toward You, the Lord. You are surely the dearest beloved, relative, and very Self of all embodied beings.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.33 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३३ ॥
कुर्वन्ति हि त्वयि रतिं कुशलाः स्व आत्मन्
नित्य-प्रिये पति-सुतादिभिर् आर्तिदैः किम्? ।
तन् नः प्रसीद वरदेश्वर1 मा स्म छिन्द्या
आशां भृतां2 त्वयि चिराद् अरविन्द-नेत्र ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.33
Those who truly know what is good place their love in You, their own Self and eternal beloved. What use have we for husbands, sons, and others who only bring distress? Therefore, O Lord who bestows every boon, be gracious to us. Lotus-eyed one, do not cut down the hope we have held in You for so long.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual notes
Variants read "Supreme Lord" for "Lord of boon-givers" and "cherished" for "nourished."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.34 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३४ ॥
चित्तं सुखेन भवतापहृतं गृहेषु
यन् निर्विशत्य् उत कराव् अपि गृह्य-कृत्ये ।
पादौ पदं न चलतस् तव पाद-मूलात्
यामः कथं व्रजम् अथो करवाम किं वा ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.34
Our minds, which once entered happily into household life, have easily been stolen by You. Our hands no longer engage in household duties, and our feet cannot move even one step from the base of Your feet. How can we go back to Vraja? What could we possibly do there?
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.35 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३५ ॥
सिञ्चाङ्ग नस् त्वद्-अधरामृत-पूरकेण
हासावलोक-कल-गीतज-हृच्-छयाग्निम् ।
नो चेद् वयं विरहजाग्न्य्-उपयुक्त-देहा
ध्यानेन याम पदयोः पदवीं सखे ते ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.35
Dear one, extinguish the fire of desire in our hearts, born from Your smiling glances and soft song, by flooding us with the nectar of Your lips. If You do not, friend, our bodies will be consumed by the fire born of separation, and through meditation we shall reach the path of Your feet.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.36 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३६ ॥
यर्ह्य् अम्बुजाक्ष तव पाद-तलं रमाया
दत्त-क्षणं क्वचिद् अरण्य-जन-प्रियस्य ।
अस्प्राक्ष्म तत्-प्रभृति नान्य-जन-समक्षम् अञ्जः1
स्थातुं त्वयाभिरमिता बत पारयामः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
-
अङ्ग ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.36
Lotus-eyed one, at some rare moment Your foot, which grants an audience even to Ramā and is dear to the forest people, touched us. From that moment, delighted by You, we have been unable to stand easily before any other person.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
A variant reads "dear one" in place of "plainly."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.37 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३७ ॥
श्रीर् यत्-पदाम्बुज-रजश् चकमे तुलस्या
लब्ध्वापि वक्षसि पदं किल भृत्य-जुष्टम् ।
यस्याः स्व-वीक्षण-कृतेऽन्य1-सुर-प्रयासस्
तद्वद् वयं च तव पाद-रजः प्रपन्नाः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
-
कृतोऽ (वि); उतान्य- (प्रा।पा।) ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.37
Śrī herself, though she obtained a place upon Nārāyaṇa's chest, desired the dust of His lotus feet together with Tulasī, dust already served by His attendants. Other gods strive merely to receive her glance. In the same way, we too have surrendered to the dust of Your feet.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
The witnesses preserve alternate readings in the phrase concerning the other gods’ efforts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.38 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३८ ॥
तन् नः प्रसीद वृजिनार्दन तेऽङ्घ्रि-मूलं
प्राप्ता विसृज्य वसतीस् त्वद्-उपासनाशाः ।
त्वत्-सुन्दर-स्मित-निरीक्षण-तीव्र-काम-
तप्तात्मनां पुरुष-भूषण देहि दास्यम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.38
Therefore be gracious to us, O destroyer of distress. We have abandoned our homes and come to the foot of Your feet, hoping to worship You. O ornament of men, grant servitude to us, whose hearts burn with the fierce longing born from Your beautiful smiling glance.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.39 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.३९ ॥
वीक्ष्यालक-वृत-मुखं तव कुण्डल-श्री-
गण्ड-स्थलाधर-सुधं हसितावलोकम् ।
दत्ताभयं च भुज-दण्ड-युगं विलोक्य
वक्षः श्रियैक-रमणं च भवाम दास्यः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.39
Having beheld Your face encircled by curling locks, the beauty of Your earrings upon Your broad cheeks, the nectar of Your lips, and Your smiling glance, and having seen Your two staff-like arms that grant fearlessness and Your chest, the sole pleasure-ground of Śrī, we have become Your maidservants.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.40 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४० ॥
का स्त्र्य् अङ्ग ते कल-पदायत-मूर्च्छितेन1
सम्मोहिताऽर्य-चरितान्2 न चलेत् त्रिलोक्याम् ।
त्रैलोक्य-सौभगम् इदं च निरीक्ष्य रूपं
यद् गो-द्विज-द्रुम-मृगाः पुलकान्य् अबिभ्रत् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.40
Beloved, what woman anywhere in the three worlds would not forsake honorable conduct when bewildered by the swelling music of Your flute, whose notes are tender and prolonged? And what woman would remain unmoved after beholding this form, which contains all the beauty and good fortune of the three worlds, seeing that cows, birds, trees, and deer themselves bristle with ecstasy before it?
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual notes
Variants read "the long song of the flute in lovely notes" or "the flute-song whose lovely notes are nectar." Another reads "the path of noble conduct."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.41 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४१ ॥
व्यक्तं भवान् व्रज-भयार्ति-हरो1ऽभिजातो
देवो यथादि-पुरुषः सुर-लोक-गोप्ता ।
तन् नो निधेहि कर-पङ्कजम् आर्त-बन्धो
तप्त-स्तनेषु च शिरःसु च किङ्करीणाम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
Footnotes
-
"व्रज-जनार्ति-हर" इति विश्वनाथ-धृत-नारायण-भट्ट-वीरराघव-सम्मत-पाठान्तरः । ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.41
It is manifest that You have appeared to remove Vraja's fear and anguish, just as the primeval Lord appears to protect the celestial realm. Therefore, O friend of the distressed, place Your lotus hand upon the burning breasts and heads of Your maidservants.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual note
A reading approved by Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa and Vīrarāghava and cited by Viśvanātha has "remover of the distress of Vraja’s people."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.42 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४२ ॥
श्री-शुक उवाच---
इति विक्लवितं तासां श्रुत्वा योगेश्वरेश्वरः ।
प्रहस्य स-दयं1 गोपीर् आत्मारामोऽप्य् अरीरमत् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
इति** पूर्वोक्त-प्रकारेण विक्लवितं प्रेम-वैवश्य-वचः श्रुत्वा । योगेश्वरेश्वर इति तत्-तद्-अलौकिक-कर्म-समाधायकाचिन्त्य-शक्तिर् इत्य् अर्थः । आत्मारामोऽपि इति तासां प्रेम-गुण-प्राबल्यम् आत्मारामश् च मुनय [भा।पु। १.७.११] इतिवत् । अरीरमत् रन्तुं प्रयोजयामासेति तस्यैव तत्रासक्तिर् मुख्या दर्शिता, क्रीडत्सु बालकेषु प्रयोजक-बालकस्येव ॥४२॥
Footnotes
-
समयं इति सनातनस्यानुसृत-पाठः । ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.42
Śrī Śuka said: Hearing their distressed appeal, the Lord of the masters of yoga laughed, and, though self-delighting, compassionately delighted the gopīs.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"Thus" means in the manner just described. Hearing their agitated words born of helplessness in love, the Lord of the masters of yoga revealed the inconceivable potency that accomplishes each of His extraordinary deeds. "Though self-delighting" shows the power of the gopīs' love and virtues, as in the verse beginning "Even the self-delighting sages" in Bhāgavata 1.7.11. "He caused them to enjoy" chiefly displays His own absorption in that play, like a child who initiates and directs the games of other children.
Textual note
Sanātana follows the reading "at the proper time" in place of "with compassion."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.43 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४३ ॥
ताभिः समेताभिर् उदार-चेष्टितः
प्रियेक्षणोत्फुल्ल-मुखीभिर् अच्युतः ।
उदार-हास-द्विज-कुन्द-दीधितिर्
व्यरोचतैणाङ्क इवोडुभिर् वृतः ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
प्रयोजकत्वम् एवाह---ताभिर् इति चतुर्भिः । समेताभिः श्री-कृष्णेनैव कर्त्रा सङ्गताभिः ॥४३॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.43
Surrounded by the assembled gopīs, whose faces blossomed beneath their beloved's glance, infallible Kṛṣṇa shone with magnanimous gestures. His generous smile gleamed with jasmine-white teeth, and He appeared like the moon encircled by stars.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
This verse and the next three further establish Kṛṣṇa as the initiator of the play. "Joined with Him" means that Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself was the agent who brought them together with Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.44 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४४ ॥
उपगीयमान उद्गायन् वनिता-शत-यूथपः ।
मालां बिभ्रद् वैजयन्तीं व्यचरन् मण्डयन् वनम् ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
उपगीयमानस्** तदीय-स्वर-तालाद्य्-अनुरूपेण तन्-नाम-गानेनोपगायक-रीत्या गीयमानः । तद् उक्तम् श्री-विष्णु-पुराणे---
कृष्णः शरच्-चन्द्रमसं कौमुदीं कुमुदाकरम् । > जगौ गोपी-जनस् त्व् एकं कृष्ण-नाम पुनः पुनः ॥ [वि।पु। > ५.१३.५१] इति ॥४४॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.44
Praised in song while singing aloud Himself, the leader of hundreds of groups of women wandered through the forest and adorned it, wearing a Vaijayantī garland.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"Being sung to" means that the gopīs sang His names as accompanying singers, adapting themselves to His melody, rhythm, and other musical features. Viṣṇu Purāṇa states:
Sanskrit quotation, Viṣṇu Purāṇa 5.13.51
Kṛṣṇa sang of the autumn moon, its moonlight, and the lake of lilies, while the company of gopīs repeatedly sang the one name "Kṛṣṇa."
Original
Sanskrit
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.45
Entering the riverbank whose sand was cool, He sported with the gopīs in a breeze delighted by the river's rippling waves and fragrant with night-blooming lilies.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Textual notes
Variants read "honored" for "He enjoyed," "delighting" or "accompanied" for "shimmering with joy," and "the fragrance of lotuses" for "the fragrance of night lilies."
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.46 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४६ ॥
बाहु-प्रसार-परिरम्भ-करालकोरु-
नीवी-स्तनालभन-नर्म-नखाग्र-पातैः ।
क्ष्वेल्यावलोक-हसितैर् व्रज-सुन्दरीणाम्
उत्तम्भयन् रति-पतिं रमयाञ्चकार ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
न व्याख्यातम्।*
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.46
By extending His arms, embracing them, touching their hands, locks, thighs, girdles, and breasts, by playful taps of His fingernails, by jesting, glances, and laughter, He aroused the lord of love in the beautiful women of Vraja and caused them to delight.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
No separate explanation is given in the source commentary.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.47 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४७ ॥
एवं भगवतः कृष्णाल् लब्ध-माना महात्मनः ।
आत्मानं मेनिरे स्त्रीणां मानिन्योऽभ्यधिकं भुवि ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
महात्मनो** दिव्यातिदिव्य-सर्व-नायकेभ्यः परम-श्रैष्ठ्यात् । मानिन्यः सत्यो भुव्य् अन्यत्र च याः स्त्रियः, तासां मध्ये आत्मानम् अभ्यधिकं मेनिरे, तस्मिन् प्रणय-मानवत्यो बभूव, स्त्रीषु च गर्वं धृतवत्य इत्य् अर्थः । अन्यत्रत्यानां तादृश-कान्तालाभात्, तत्रत्यानां च तादृश-सौभाग्य-लाभामननाद् इति भावः ।४७॥
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.47
Having thus received honor from magnanimous Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa, the proud gopīs each considered herself greater than every other woman on earth.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"Great-souled" means that Kṛṣṇa is supremely superior to every divine and superdivine hero. The women, now conscious of their honor, considered themselves greater than all other women on earth and elsewhere. They became possessed of loving jealous pride toward Him and proud of their standing among women. Women elsewhere had not obtained such a beloved, while the women present did not recognize that same extraordinary fortune in themselves.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.48 with Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
॥ १०.२९.४८ ॥
तासां तत्1 सौभग-मदं वीक्ष्य मानं च केशवः ।
प्रशमाय प्रसादाय तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
Jiva Gosvami - Krama-sandarbha:
सौभग-मदं** सौभाग्य-जनितं गर्वम्, तस्य प्रशमनाय मानस्य च प्रसादनाय । प्रशमाय इति न तूपेक्षा रसान्तरैः इति रस-शास्त्रोक्तत्वात् । अत्र प्रणय-मानत्वेन उपेक्षाया अयोग्यत्वेऽपि तत्-कृति-गर्व-साहित्यत्वेन गरिष्ठत्वात् ॥४८॥
Footnotes
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तं, तत्- ↩
English translation
Bhāgavata 10.29.48
Seeing their intoxication with good fortune and their loving indignation, Keśava disappeared at that very place in order to pacify the former and graciously appease the latter.
Jīva Gosvāmī's Krama-sandarbha
"Pride in good fortune" means pride born from their exceptional blessedness. Kṛṣṇa disappeared to quiet that pride and to appease their jealous loving māna. Rasa scripture states that jealous love should not be met with indifference but with other emotional flavors. Though their māna was the intimate kind born of love and therefore ordinarily unfit for neglect, it had become weighty because it was joined with pride produced by His own favor.
Textual note
Variants read "that" or compound it directly with "pride in good fortune."