Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सर्वास्ता: केशवालोकपरमोत्सवनिर्वृता: । जहुर्विरहजं तापं प्राज्ञं प्राप्य यथा जना: ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

sarvās tāḥ keśavāloka- paramotsava-nirvṛtāḥ jahur viraha-jaṁ tāpaṁ prājñaṁ prāpya yathā janāḥ

Translation

Seeing their beloved Keśava again, all the gopīs rejoiced in the greatest celebration. They cast off the burning pain of separation, just as people forget their misery when they gain the company of an enlightened sage.

Synonyms

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ‘all (gopīs)’

• tāḥ: those (gopīs)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun ‘those (women)’

• keśava-āloka-parama-utsava-nirvṛtāḥ: delighted by the supreme festival of seeing Keśava
• keśava-āloka-parama-utsava-nirvṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक) + āloka (प्रातिपदिक) + parama (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक) + nirvṛta (कृदन्त; nir-√vṛt)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; multi-member tatpuruṣa: ‘delighted by the supreme festival of seeing Keśava’

• jahuḥ: they gave up
• jahuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्; perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama puruṣa, Bahuvacana; ‘they abandoned’

• viraha-jam: born of separation
• viraha-jam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viraha (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘born of separation’

• tāpam: burning pain
• tāpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• prājñam: a wise person
• prājñam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘the wise man’ (object of prāpya)

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Ktvānta/lyap absolutive (ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having attained’

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā-avyaya (as/just as)

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Gopīs

FAQs

How does Krishna’s darśana remove the pain of separation in the Bhagavatam?

This verse says the gopīs, simply by seeing Keśava, felt supreme joy and their viraha-born burning anguish disappeared—darśana of Kṛṣṇa itself becomes the remedy.

Who is speaking Srimad Bhagavatam 10.32.9 and in what context?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates to Mahārāja Parīkṣit during the Rāsa-līlā episode, describing how the gopīs’ distress ends when Kṛṣṇa reappears before them.

What is a practical lesson from the gopīs’ viraha in modern life?

Deep longing for God can be transformed through sincere remembrance and seeking darśana—keeping steady association with wisdom (sādhu/śāstra) and devotion reduces inner heat and anxiety.