Shloka 10

Gopī-gīta: The Song of the Gopīs in Separation

Viraha-bhakti

Devanagari script

प्रहसितं प्रिय प्रेमवीक्षणं विहरणं च ते ध्यानमङ्गलम् । रहसि संविदो या हृदिस्पृश: कुहक नो मन: क्षोभयन्ति हि ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

prahasitaṁ priya-prema-vīkṣaṇaṁ viharaṇaṁ ca te dhyāna-maṅgalam rahasi saṁvido yā hṛdi spṛśaḥ kuhaka no manaḥ kṣobhayanti hi

Translation

నీ చిరునవ్వు, నీ మధుర ప్రేమదృష్టి, నీతో మేము అనుభవించిన అంతరంగ లీలలు, గోప్య సంభాషణలు—ఇవన్నీ ధ్యానించుట మహామంగళం, హృదయాన్ని తాకుతాయి. కానీ ఓ మాయావీ, ఇవే మా మనస్సును తీవ్రంగా కలవరపెడుతున్నాయి.

Synonyms

• prahasitam: (your) smiling/laughter
• prahasitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahasita (कृदन्त; √has (धातु))
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used substantively

• priya-prema-vīkṣaṇam: loving glance full of affection
• priya-prema-vīkṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक) + prema (प्रातिपदिक) + vīkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (priya-prema = of dear love) + तत्पुरुष with vīkṣaṇa

• viharaṇam: (your) roaming/play
• viharaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛ (धातु) with vi- + araṇ/णिच-derivation)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• dhyāna-maṅgalam: auspicious for meditation
• dhyāna-maṅgalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (dhyānasya maṅgalam)

• rahasi: in secret/privately
• rahasi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: rahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial locative used as indeclinable (सप्तमी-अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषण)

• saṁvidaḥ: conversations/communications
• saṁvidaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁvid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yāḥ: which
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural; relative pronoun

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• spṛśaḥ: touching (the heart)
• spṛśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural; adjective to saṁvidaḥ; from √spṛś (धातु) as nominal stem

• kuhaka: O deceiver/enchanter
• kuhaka: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th) Plural; enclitic pronoun

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• kṣobhayanti: agitate/disturb
• kṣobhayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣubh (धातु) [णिच् causative: kṣobhay-]
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); causative

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/indeed

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Gopis of Vraja

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about remembering Krishna in separation (viraha-bhakti)?

This verse shows that even Krishna’s sweetest smiles, glances, and pastimes—though auspicious to meditate on—can intensify longing when He is absent; such separation deepens the devotee’s absorption in Him.

Why do the gopīs call Krishna 'kuhaka' (deceiver) in Bhagavatam 10.31.10?

They speak from the pain of separation after Krishna’s rāsa-līlā disappearance; His enchanting love and private words once soothed them, but in His absence those same memories feel like teasing and thus 'deceptive.'

Practical application of the gopīs’ mood in modern life?

Turn emotional attachment into spiritual focus: regularly remember Krishna through prayer and sacred reading, and when longing or restlessness arises, redirect it into deeper chanting and contemplation rather than distraction.