Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Krishna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.44

punah pulinam āgatya

kālindyāh krishna-bhāvanāh

samavetā jaguh krishnam

tad-āgamana-kāńkshitāh

SYNONYMS

punah — again; pulinamto the bank; āgatya — coming; kālindyāh — of the river Yamunā; krishna-bhāvanāh — meditating on Krishna; samavetāh — joined together; jaguh — they sang; krishnam — about Krishna; tat-āgamana — His arrival; kāńkshitāh — eagerly desired.

TRANSLATION

The gopīs again came to the bank of the Kālindī. Meditating on Krishna and eagerly hoping He would come, they sat down together to sing of Him.

PURPORT

As stated in the Katha Upanishad (1.2.23), yam evaisha vrinute tena labhyah: "The Supersoul can be realized by that person whom He chooses." Thus the gopīs fervently pray that Krishna come back to them.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A . C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Thirtieth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Gopīs Search for Krishna."

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