Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 31: The Gopis' Songs of Separation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.9

tava kathamrtam tapta-jivanam

kavibhir iditam kalmasapaham

sravana-mangalam srimad atatam

bhuvi grnanti ye bhuri-da janah

SYNONYMS

tava -- Your; katha-amrtam -- the nectar of words; tapta-jivanam -- life for those aggrieved in the material world; kavibhih -- by great thinkers; iditam -- described; kalmasa-apaham -- that which drives away sinful reactions; sravana-mangalam -- giving spiritual benefit when heard; srimat -- filled with spiritual power; atatam -- broadcast all over the world; bhuvi -- in the material world; grnanti -- chant and spread; ye -- those who; bhuri-dah -- most beneficent; janah -- persons.

TRANSLATION

The nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those suffering in this material world. These narrations, transmitted by learned sages, eradicate one's sinful reactions and bestow good fortune upon whoever hears them. These narrations are broadcast all over the world and are filled with spiritual power. Certainly those who spread the message of Godhead are most munificent.

PURPORT

King Prataparudra recited this verse to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu during Lord Jagannatha's Ratha-yatra festival. While the Lord was resting in a garden, King Prataparudra humbly entered and began massaging His legs and lotus feet. Then the King recited the Thirty-first Chapter of the Tenth Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the songs of the gopis. The Caitanya-caritamrta relates that when Lord Caitanya heard this verse, beginning tava kathamrtam, He immediately arose in ecstatic love and embraced King Prataparudra. The incident is described in detail in the Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 14.4-18), and in his edition Srila Prabhupada has given extensive commentary on it.

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