Shloka 3

Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints

Devanagari script

गतिस्मितप्रेक्षणभाषणादिषु प्रिया: प्रियस्य प्रतिरूढमूर्तय: । असावहं त्वित्यबलास्तदात्मिका न्यवेदिषु: कृष्णविहारविभ्रमा: ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

gati-smita-prekṣaṇa-bhāṣaṇādiṣu priyāḥ priyasya pratirūḍha-mūrtayaḥ asāv ahaṁ tv ity abalās tad-ātmikā nyavediṣuḥ kṛṣṇa-vihāra-vibhramāḥ

Translation

愛するクリシュナに没入したゴーピーたちの身体は、彼の歩み、微笑み、眼差し、語り口などをそのまま写し取った。リーラーの想起に酔いしれ、彼女たちは互いに「私がクリシュナよ！」と言い合った。

Synonyms

• गति-स्मित-प्रेक्षण-भाषण-आदिषु: in (his) gait, smile, glances, speech, etc.
• गति-स्मित-प्रेक्षण-भाषण-आदिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + भाषण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: बहुपद-द्वन्द्व ‘गति च स्मितं च प्रेक्षणं च भाषणं च’; ‘आदि’ समाहारार्थ; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/locative); बहुवचन

• प्रियाः: the beloved women
• प्रियाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• प्रियस्य: of the beloved (Krishna)
• प्रियस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• प्रतिरूढ-मूर्तयः: having assumed (his) form
• प्रतिरूढ-मूर्तयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिरूढ (प्रति + √रुह् धातु; क्त/भूतकृदन्त) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय) ‘प्रतिरूढा मूर्तिः यासाम्’; बहुव्रीहि-भावेन विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• असौ: he (there)
• असौ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ (this/he)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति-निपात (quotative)

• अबलाः: the women
• अबलाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तत्-आत्मिकाः: identifying with him/that
• तत्-आत्मिकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष ‘तदात्मा’ + तद्धित -क; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• न्यवेदिषुः: they declared
• न्यवेदिषुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; बहुवचन; ‘to make known/declare’

• कृष्ण-विहार-विभ्रमाः: the playful acts of Krishna’s amorous sport
• कृष्ण-विहार-विभ्रमाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + विहार (प्रातिपदिक) + विभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘कृष्णस्य विहार-विभ्रमाः’; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

Purport

Spontaneously, the gopīs began moving like Kṛṣṇa: they smiled as He would smile, glanced boldly as He would and spoke as He would. The gopīs were completely absorbed in the existence of Kṛṣṇa and mad with love at their sudden separation from Him, and thus their dedication to Him attained absolute perfection.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Gopīs (Vraja maidens)

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 10.30.3 say about the gopīs’ love for Kṛṣṇa?

It describes how the gopīs became so absorbed in Kṛṣṇa that they saw His very form and qualities reflected everywhere—in His gait, smile, glances, and speech—and even spoke in ecstatic identification, overwhelmed by His līlā.

Why do the gopīs say “This is He” and even “I am He” in Bhagavatam 10.30.3?

Because in intense separation and remembrance (viraha), their consciousness becomes completely fixed on Kṛṣṇa; this produces devotional “bewilderment” where everything appears as Kṛṣṇa, and the self feels inseparable from His presence.

Practical application: what can devotees learn from Bhagavatam 10.30.3 today?

To cultivate steady remembrance of God through His qualities and pastimes—training the mind to return to Kṛṣṇa in daily life—so devotion becomes natural and continuous rather than occasional.