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Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 32

SB 10 32.1

श्री-शुक उवाच इति गोप्यः प्रगायन्त्यः प्रलपन्त्यश् च चित्रधा रुरुदुः सु-स्वरं राजन् कृष्ण-दर्शन-लालसाः

śrī-śuka uvāca iti gopyaḥ pragāyantyaḥ pralapantyaś ca citradhā ruruduḥ su-svaraṃ rājan kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ

Śrī Śuka said: Thus the gopīs, singing forth and lamenting in various ways, wept aloud with sweet voices, O King, yearning to see Kṛṣṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.2

तासाम् आविरभूच् छौरिः स्मयमान-मुखाम्बुजः पीताम्बर-धरः स्रग्वी साक्षान् मन्मथ-मन्मथः

tāsām āvirabhūc chauriḥ smayamāna-mukhāmbujaḥ pītāmbara-dharaḥ sragvī sākṣān manmatha-manmathaḥ

Then the descendant of Śūra appeared among them, his lotus face smiling, wearing yellow cloth and a garland, the very bewilderer of the bewilderer (Cupid) himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.3

तं विलोक्यागतं प्रेष्ठं प्रीत्य्-उत्फुल्ल-दृशो ऽबलाः उत्तस्थुर् युगपत् सर्वास् तन्वः प्राणम् इवागतम्

taṃ vilokyāgataṃ preṣṭhaṃ prīty-utphulla-dṛśo 'balāḥ uttasthur yugapat sarvās tanvaḥ prāṇam ivāgatam

Seeing their beloved come, the women, their eyes blossoming with delight, all rose at once, as the limbs (rise) when the life-breath returns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.4

काचित् कराम्बुजं शौरेर् जगृहे ऽञ्जलिना मुदा काचिद् दधार तद्-बाहुम् अंसे चन्दन-भूषितम्

kācit karāmbujaṃ śaurer jagṛhe 'ñjalinā mudā kācid dadhāra tad-bāhum aṃse candana-bhūṣitam

One took the lotus hand of Śauri in her joined palms with joy; another placed his arm, adorned with sandal paste, on her shoulder.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.5

काचिद् अञ्जलिनागृह्णात् तन्वी ताम्बूल-चर्वितम् एका तद्-अङ्घ्रि-कमलं सन्तप्ता स्तनयोर् अधात्

kācid añjalināgṛhṇāt tanvī tāmbūla-carvitam ekā tad-aṅghri-kamalaṃ santaptā stanayor adhāt

One slender girl received in her cupped hands his chewed betel; another, burning (with passion), placed his lotus foot upon her breasts.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.6

एका भ्रु-कुटिम् आबध्य प्रेम-संरम्भ-विह्वला घ्नन्तीवैक्षत् कटाक्षेपैः सन्दष्ट-दशन-च्छदा

ekā bhru-kuṭim ābadhya prema-saṃrambha-vihvalā ghnantīvaikṣat kaṭākṣepaiḥ sandaṣṭa-daśana-cchadā

One, knitting her brows, overcome by the agitation of love, biting her lip, looked at him with sidelong glances as if striking him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.7

अपरानिमिषद्-दृग्भ्यां जुषाणा तन्-मुखाम्बुजम् आपीतम् अपि नातृप्यत् सन्तस् तच्-चरणं यथा

aparānimiṣad-dṛgbhyāṃ juṣāṇā tan-mukhāmbujam āpītam api nātṛpyat santas tac-caraṇaṃ yathā

Another, enjoying his lotus face with unblinking eyes, was not satisfied though she drank it in, as the saints (are never satiated) with his foot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.8

तं काचिन् नेत्र-रन्ध्रेण हृदि कृत्वा निमील्य च पुलकाङ्ग्य् उपगुह्यास्ते योगीवानन्द-सम्प्लुता

taṃ kācin netra-randhreṇa hṛdi kṛtvā nimīlya ca pulakāṅgy upaguhyāste yogīvānanda-samplutā

One, having taken him into her heart through the opening of her eyes and closed them, remained embracing him, her limbs bristling, plunged in bliss like a yogī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.9

सर्वास् ताः केशवालोक- परमोत्सव-निर्वृताः जहुर् विरह-जं तापं प्राज्ञं प्राप्य यथा जनाः

sarvās tāḥ keśavāloka- paramotsava-nirvṛtāḥ jahur viraha-jaṃ tāpaṃ prājñaṃ prāpya yathā janāḥ

All of them, made content by the supreme festival of beholding Keśava, gave up the torment born of separation, as people (do) on obtaining a wise man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.10

ताभिर् विधूत-शोकाभिर् भगवान् अच्युतो वृतः व्यरोचताधिकं तात पुरुषः शक्तिभिर् यथा

tābhir vidhūta-śokābhir bhagavān acyuto vṛtaḥ vyarocatādhikaṃ tāta puruṣaḥ śaktibhir yathā

Surrounded by them, whose grief was shaken off, the Lord Acyuta shone all the more, my dear, as the Puruṣa (shines) with his energies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.11

ताः समादाय कालिन्द्या निर्विश्य पुलिनं विभुः विकसत्-कुन्द-मन्दार सुरभ्य्-अनिल-षट्पदम्

tāḥ samādāya kālindyā nirviśya pulinaṃ vibhuḥ vikasat-kunda-mandāra surabhy-anila-ṣaṭpadam

Taking them along, the mighty one entered the sandbank of the Kālindī, where bees came with the fragrant breeze from the blossoming kunda and mandāra,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.12

शरच्-चन्द्रांशु-सन्दोह- ध्वस्त-दोषा-तमः शिवम् कृष्णाया हस्त-तरला चित-कोमल-वालुकम्

śarac-candrāṃśu-sandoha- dhvasta-doṣā-tamaḥ śivam kṛṣṇāyā hasta-taralā cita-komala-vālukam

(a place) auspicious, its night-darkness dispelled by the abundant rays of the autumn moon, with soft sand spread there by the rippling hands of the Kṛṣṇā (Yamunā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.13

तद्-दर्शनाह्लाद-विधूत-हृद्-रुजो मनोरथान्तं श्रुतयो यथा ययुः स्वैर् उत्तरीयैः कुच-कुङ्कुमाङ्कितैर् अचीकॢपन्न् आसनम् आत्म-बन्धवे

tad-darśanāhlāda-vidhūta-hṛd-rujo manorathāntaṃ śrutayo yathā yayuḥ svair uttarīyaiḥ kuca-kuṅkumāṅkitair acīkḷpann āsanam ātma-bandhave

They, the sickness of whose hearts was shaken off by the joy of seeing him, reached the end of their desire as the Vedic texts (reach their goal); with their own upper garments, marked with the kuṅkuma of their breasts, they prepared a seat for the friend of their souls.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.14

तत्रोपविष्टो भगवान् स ईश्वरो योगेश्वरान्तर्-हृदि कल्पितासनः चकास गोपी-परिषद्-गतो ऽर्चितस् त्रैलोक्य-लक्ष्म्य्-एक-पदं वपुर् दधत्

tatropaviṣṭo bhagavān sa īśvaro yogeśvarāntar-hṛdi kalpitāsanaḥ cakāsa gopī-pariṣad-gato 'rcitas trailokya-lakṣmy-eka-padaṃ vapur dadhat

Seated there, that Lord, the ruler, for whom a seat is fashioned within the heart of the masters of yoga, shone forth, honored, in the assembly of the gopīs, bearing a body that is the sole abode of the beauty of the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.15

सभाजयित्वा तम् अनङ्ग-दीपनं सहास-लीलेक्षण-विभ्रम-भ्रुवा संस्पर्शनेनाङ्क-कृताङ्घ्रि-हस्तयोः संस्तुत्य ईषत् कुपिता बभाषिरे

sabhājayitvā tam anaṅga-dīpanaṃ sahāsa-līlekṣaṇa-vibhrama-bhruvā saṃsparśanenāṅka-kṛtāṅghri-hastayoḥ saṃstutya īṣat kupitā babhāṣire

Having honored him, the kindler of desire, with the play of their brows in laughing, playful glances, and by touching his feet and hands set upon their laps, and having praised him, they spoke, a little angry.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.16

श्री-गोप्य ऊचुः भजतो ऽनुभजन्त्य् एक एक एतद्-विपर्ययम् नोभयांश् च भजन्त्य् एक एतन् नो ब्रूहि साधु भोः

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ bhajato 'nubhajanty eka eka etad-viparyayam nobhayāṃś ca bhajanty eka etan no brūhi sādhu bhoḥ

The gopīs said: Some return the love of those who love them; some (love) the opposite of this; and some love neither. Tell us rightly about this, sir.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.17

श्री-भगवान् उवाच मिथो भजन्ति ये सख्यः स्वार्थैकान्तोद्यमा हि ते न तत्र सौहृदं धर्मः स्वार्थार्थं तद् धि नान्यथा

śrī-bhagavān uvāca mitho bhajanti ye sakhyaḥ svārthaikāntodyamā hi te na tatra sauhṛdaṃ dharmaḥ svārthārthaṃ tad dhi nānyathā

The Blessed Lord said: Those friends who show affection to each other in return are intent solely on their own interest; there is no real friendship in that, nor righteousness — it is for the sake of self-interest, and nothing else.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.18

भजन्त्य् अभजतो ये वै करुणाः पितरौ यथा धर्मो निरपवादो ऽत्र सौहृदं च सु-मध्यमाः

bhajanty abhajato ye vai karuṇāḥ pitarau yathā dharmo nirapavādo 'tra sauhṛdaṃ ca su-madhyamāḥ

Those who show affection even to those who do not reciprocate are compassionate, as parents are (to a child); in them there is righteousness beyond reproach, and true friendship, O shapely-waisted ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.19

भजतो ऽपि न वै केचिद् भजन्त्य् अभजतः कुतः आत्मारामा ह्य् आप्त-कामा अकृत-ज्ञा गुरु-द्रुहः

bhajato 'pi na vai kecid bhajanty abhajataḥ kutaḥ ātmārāmā hy āpta-kāmā akṛta-jñā guru-druhaḥ

Some do not show affection even to those who love them — how much less to those who do not love them? They delight in the self, their desires are fulfilled, (or) they are ungrateful, (or) they are hostile to their elders.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.20

नाहं तु सख्यो भजतो ऽपि जन्तून् भजाम्य् अमीषाम् अनुवृत्ति-वृत्तये यथाधनो लब्ध-धने विनष्टे तच्-चिन्तयान्यन् निभृतो न वेद

nāhaṃ tu sakhyo bhajato 'pi jantūn bhajāmy amīṣām anuvṛtti-vṛttaye yathādhano labdha-dhane vinaṣṭe tac-cintayānyan nibhṛto na veda

But I, O friends, do not respond to creatures even when they show me affection — (this is) so that their devotion may be intensified; just as a poor man who has gained wealth and then lost it, absorbed in thinking of it, knows nothing else.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SB 10 32.21

एवं मद्-अर्थोज्झित-लोक-वेद स्वानाम् हि वो मय्य् अनुवृत्तये ऽबलाः मयापरोक्षं भजता तिरोहितं मासूयितुं मार्हथ तत् प्रियं प्रियाः

evaṃ mad-arthojjhita-loka-veda svānām hi vo mayy anuvṛttaye 'balāḥ mayāparokṣaṃ bhajatā tirohitaṃ māsūyituṃ mārhatha tat priyaṃ priyāḥ

So too, O slender ones, since for my sake you gave up worldly opinion, the Vedas, and your own kin, it was for your persevering devotion to me that I, though loving you, hid myself out of your sight. Therefore, my dear ones, you should not find fault with me; do not do so — for it was done out of love.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 10 32.22

न पारये ऽहं निरवद्य-संयुजां स्व-साधु-कृत्यं विबुधायुषापि वः या माभजन् दुर्जर-गेह-शृङ्खलाः संवृश्च्य तद् वः प्रतियातु साधुना

na pāraye 'haṃ niravadya-saṃyujāṃ sva-sādhu-kṛtyaṃ vibudhāyuṣāpi vaḥ yā mābhajan durjara-geha-śṛṅkhalāḥ saṃvṛścya tad vaḥ pratiyātu sādhunā

Even with a lifetime of the gods I could not repay you, whose union (with me) is faultless, for your own noble deed. You who worshipped me, cutting through the hard-to-break chains of household life — let that (deed) itself be the return made to you by its own goodness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain