Shloka 9

Gopī-gīta Aftermath: Kṛṣṇa Returns and Explains Divine Non-Reciprocation

Rāsa-līlā Dialogue

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

众牧女再见心爱的凯沙瓦，皆欢喜如临至大庆典；她们舍弃离别之热恼，正如世人得遇觉悟智者便忘却苦楚。

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.