SB 10.82.32 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.32

तं द‍ृष्ट्वा वृष्णयो हृष्टास्तन्व: प्राणमिवोत्थिता: । परिषस्वजिरे गाढं चिरदर्शनकातरा: ॥ ३२ ॥

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣṇayo hṛṣṭās

[tam drishtvaa vrishnayo hrishtaas]

tanvaḥ prāṇam ivotthitāḥ

[tanvah praanam ivotthitaah]

pariṣasvajire gāḍhaṁ

[parishasvajire gaadham]

cira-darśana-kātarāḥ

[chira-darshana-kaataraah]

Word-for-word

tam — him, Nanda dṛṣṭvā — seeing vṛṣṇayaḥ — the Vṛṣṇis hṛṣṭāḥ — delighted tanvaḥ — living bodies prāṇam — their vital air iva — as if utthitāḥ — rising pariṣaśvajire — they embraced him gāḍham — firmly cira — after a long time darśana — in seeing kātarāḥ — agitated .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vṛṣṇayo hṛṣṭās

tam

him, Nanda

dṛṣṭvā

seeing

vṛṣṇayaḥ

the Vṛṣṇis

hṛṣṭāḥ

delighted

tanvaḥ prāṇam ivotthitāḥ

tanvaḥ

living bodies

prāṇam

their vital air

iva

as if

utthitāḥ

rising

pariṣasvajire gāḍhaṁ

pariṣaśvajire

they embraced him

gāḍham

firmly

cira-darśana-kātarāḥ

cira

after a long time

darśana

in seeing

kātarāḥ

agitated .

Important Words

tanvaḥ prāṇam iva utthitāḥ — rising as if bodies receiving their vital air
Phrase: tanvaḥ (bodies) + prāṇam (life-air) + iva (as if) + utthitāḥ (risen). The Bhāgavata's bold image — separation from a beloved devotee is death; reunion is resurrection. Gauḍīyas read vaiṣṇava-saṅga in exactly this register.
cira-darśana-kātarāḥ — agitated from (not) seeing for a long time
Compound: cira (long time) + darśana (seeing) + kātarāḥ (agitated, distressed). The technical vocabulary of viraha — long absence of darśana causes kātaratā. Rūpa Gosvāmī catalogues this state in detail.
pariṣaśvajire gāḍham — they embraced firmly
Phrase: pariṣaśvajire (perfect of pari-√svaj, embraced around) + gāḍham (tightly). Embrace as bhakti's bodily idiom. Note this verse already foreshadows verse 39's interior embrace — the gopīs will take Him into their hearts.
hṛṣṭāḥ — delighted
Past participle of √hṛṣ — to thrill. Hṛṣṭa is the standard Bhāgavata term for the delight of bhakti-meeting. The Lord's name Hṛṣīkeśa (master of the senses) shares this root — He thrills the senses of His devotees.

Seeing Nanda, the Vṛṣṇis were delighted and stood up like dead bodies coming back to life. Having felt much distress at not seeing him for so long, they held him in a tight embrace.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Seeing Nanda, the Vṛṣṇis were delighted and stood up like dead bodies coming back to life. Having felt much distress at not seeing him for so long, they held him in a tight embrace.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Seated in an assembly when Kṛṣṇa was not present, the Vṛṣṇis, joyful, stood up as if their hands, feet and other limbs had regained their chief life air after fainting. In immediately standing up at the same time, they showed that they were all dependent for life upon Nanda. This act also showed Nanda’s great qualities. They were overcome with seeing him after a long time. Or they were overjoyed in seeing him after a long time. Thus they embraced him intensely.

Related values & verses

Related values

Vairagya (Detachment / Dispassion)Kritajnata (Gratitude)Kartavya (Duty / Responsibility)Tapas (Austerity / Discipline)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Seeing Nanda, the Vṛṣṇis stood up 'like dead bodies coming back to life.' Long absence can deaden us inside without our knowing; the loved one's return reveals how dormant we had become.

Reflection Questions

Whom in my life would I 'come back to life' to see?
What does that reveal about whom I have been missing without knowing it?

Analogy

A body without prāṇa is no body — when prāṇa returns, the limbs rise. The Vṛṣṇis without Nanda were corpses of grief; his arrival is the prāṇa that lifts them.

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