Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.30.1
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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antarhite
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when He disappeared
Locative absolute from antar-√dhā (to place within, conceal). Kṛṣṇa does not go elsewhere — He withdraws Himself from the gopīs' field of sight. Gauḍīya ācāryas (Viśvanātha Cakravartī) read antardhāna here as deliberate līlā: He hides in order to draw out vipralambha-bhāva, the rasa Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself relished above all.
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bhagavati
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the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Locative of bhagavān. The Bhāgavatam never lets us forget who has just vanished — not a beautiful boy, but the full Person possessing all six opulences (SB 1.3.28 kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam). The gopīs' grief is therefore the highest grief in the universe.
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vraja-aṅganāḥ
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the young ladies of Vraja
Compound: vraja (the cowherd settlement) + aṅganāḥ (women). Not generic devotees — these are the specific eternal associates of Kṛṣṇa in mādhurya-rasa. Rūpa Gosvāmī in Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi treats them as the very vessels of prema.
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atapyan
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felt great remorse
Imperfect of √tap, literally 'they burned.' Vipralambha is described by the Gosvāmīs as fire — saṁyoga (meeting) is sweet, but viraha (separation) is the hotter test that proves the love is real.
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kariṇyaḥ
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female elephants
The Bhāgavatam's chosen image: not delicate birds, but massive she-elephants — strong, mature, mate-bonded for life. Gauḍīyas note the metaphor refuses any reading of the gopīs' love as fragile sentiment; it is gravitational.
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yūthapam
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their male leader
From yūtha (herd) + pa (lord, protector). Kṛṣṇa is not a peer who happens to be missing — He is the organizing center without whom the herd is not a herd. Echoes pati-, nātha-, prabhu- registers used throughout Vraja-līlā.
The thirtieth chapter describes the gopis’ madness in separation, their searching for Krsna in every tree, their imitation of Krsna’s pastimes, and his rejection of Radha after enjoying with her. Not seeing Krsna (acaksana), the gopis became filled with pain like female elephants losing their mate.
Since Śukadeva felt sorrow in telling about Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance he suddenly stopped speaking and finished the previous chapter. Remembering the good fortune of the one gopī among all of them with whom Kṛṣṇa disappeared, he regained composure and spoke again. Kṛṣṇa had disappeared suddenly, so that no one could discover the method. Sahasā means inconceivable according to Amara-koṣa. This inexplicable disappearance caused the gopīs’ great sorrow. Their sorrow was most intense because he was their sole beloved in Vraja. That is signified by the word vrajāṅganāḥ (women of Vraja). Their sorrow was great in separation because they depended on him alone, like female elephants dependent on the male leader.
Since Śukadeva felt sorrow in telling about Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance he suddenly stopped speaking and finished the previous chapter. Śukadeva endowed with śrī spoke. Lamenting the disappearance of Kṛṣṇa, he spoke sweet, unclear words like a parrot. Recovering after a moment, he spoke in lamentation. Kṛṣṇa had suddenly disappeared. It was unexplainable. Sahasā means unexplainable according to Amara-koṣa. This was a cause of great pain. Because the gopīs (vrajāṅganāḥ) loved him intensely they suffered greatly in separation. The elephant is said to be skilful at love. Thus the gopīs, dependent on Kṛṣṇa, are compared to female elephants suffering separation from a male elephant.
When the leading bull-elephant slips away from the herd at dusk, the she-elephants do not graze — they freeze, ears forward, every step taken only to listen for him. The gopīs at Kṛṣṇa's vanishing are exactly this: not bereaved, but stalled mid-breath, because the One who organizes their senses has stepped out of view.
Bharata Mahārāja, having renounced his kingdom, became so attached to a motherless deer that when it wandered out of sight he could not eat, could not sit, could not finish his japa — he searched the forest calling its name (SB 5.7–14).
Gauḍīyas read this episode as a study in how vipralambha (love-in-separation) takes over a body when the object of attachment disappears. For Bharata it was a deer and the attachment derailed him; for the gopīs it is Kṛṣṇa Himself and the same fire becomes the topmost prema.
My note
Source: vedabase.io