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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.30.40

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ అన్విచ్ఛన్త్యో భగవతో మార్గం గోప్యోఽవిదూరిత: । దద‍ృశు: ప్రియవిశ్లేషాన్మోహితాం దు:ఖితాం సఖీమ్ ॥ ౪౦ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
anvicchantyo bhagavato
[anvichchantyo bhagavato]
mārgaṁ gopyo ’vidūritaḥ
[maargam gopyo ’vidooritah]
dadṛśuḥ priya-viśleṣān
[dadrishuh priya-vishleshaan]
mohitāṁ duḥkhitāṁ sakhīm
[mohitaam duhkhitaam sakheem]
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said anvicchantyaḥ — searching out bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead mārgam — the path gopyaḥ — the gopīs avidūritaḥ — not far away dadṛśuḥ — saw priya — from Her beloved viśleṣāt — because of the separation mohitām — bewildered duḥkhitām — unhappy sakhīm — their friend .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī - śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
anvicchantyo bhagavato
anvicchantyaḥ
searching out
bhagavataḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
mārgaṁ gopyo ’vidūritaḥ
mārgam
the path
gopyaḥ
the gopīs
dadṛśuḥ priya-viśleṣān
avidūritaḥ
not far away
dadṛśuḥ
saw
priya
from Her beloved
viśleṣāt
because of the separation
mohitāṁ duḥkhitāṁ sakhīm
mohitām
bewildered
duḥkhitām
unhappy
sakhīm
their friend .
  • anvicchantyaḥ — searching out
    Present participle of anu-√iṣ. The chapter's keyword anveṣaṇa in verb-form. The search has not stopped — it is, in Gauḍīya rasa-grammar, never going to stop. Vraja's anveṣaṇa continues into Caitanya's Purī years and into our own.
  • viśleṣāt — because of the separation
    Ablative of viśleṣa — separation, parting. The technical Gauḍīya term for the rasa-condition. Rūpa Gosvāmī's Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi treats viśleṣa as the supreme tasting-ground; Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived in viśleṣa for the final twelve years.
  • mohitām — bewildered
    Past participle of √muh (to be confused). Specific to viraha — the heart's loss of orientation when the Beloved is gone. Same root as moha in Bhagavad-gītā 2, but here turned to the highest end: bewilderment-in-prema, not in matter.
  • duḥkhitām — unhappy
    Past participle of √duḥkh — to be in pain. The Bhāgavatam never sentimentalizes Her pain; the verse calls it plainly duḥkha. Gauḍīyas note: viraha-duḥkha is the only duḥkha worth having — it is the very substance of mahābhāva.
  • sakhīm — their friend
    Accusative of sakhī — female friend, intimate companion. The chapter restores Her to the company. Gauḍīya gopī-tattva: every gopī is a sakhī of every other; Rādhā Herself, in some lineages, is the topmost sakhī rather than a separate category.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While continuing to search out Kṛṣṇa’s path, the gopīs discovered their unhappy friend close by. She was bewildered by separation from Her lover.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While continuing to search out Kṛṣṇa's path, the gopīs discovered their unhappy friend close by. She was bewildered by separation from Her lover.
Commentary

Radha speaks in lamentation. "Oh master (natha), all my life airs are now leaving my body, which is burning with the forest fire of separation from you, and I can no longer maintain my life. You are the master of the life airs. Please appear immediately and preserve those airs. Do not think that I am praying to protect the life airs for my benefit. It is for your benefit. O enjoyer (ramana), you left all the other goips and went off in the forest alone with me for enjoyment. If I die, you will not be able to enjoy any more. Remembering me, you will lament in sorrow." "Let me suffer, what is that to you?" "Because you are most dear to me (prestha), your sorrow will multiply a millions in me. Even if I die, I will not be able to bear the pain of one particle of your lotus feet which are worshiped by all my life airs. Therefore to remove suffering, please be merciful and come near." "Well, if your life airs have almost gone, how will I bring them back?" "Your arms are a medicine which can revive the dead. By their touch, this body will become normal." "If you know your destination without me, then why did you give the order to me, the handsome son of a king, to take you where I like and make me uselessly angry?" With sorrowful cries she said, "I am your miserable servant. Please come before me. Tired and sleepy from our pastimes, I spoke in that way. Please forgive me. Do not be angry. And though I am unworthy, you have established a firm friendship with me, o friend ( he sakhe)." " I am satisfied with what you have said. Please come here." "If you desire that, then I am here. I am blind with sorrow. I cannot understand where you are. Please come near me." Lamenting in this way in a dizzy state generated from separation, Radha fell in a swoon on the earth. This should be understood from the word "mohitam" in the next verse.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Not too far away they saw her. It was possible for her to be at a very great distance, but even then she could be seen since she shone more powerfully than the full moon. She was suffering and had fainted (mohitām). Because she had been abandoned alone in the forest and was suffering similarly, they all gave up their hatred and united with her in feelings. Thus she is called their friend (sakhīm). However her own sakhīs became absorbed in intense prema.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

It was possible for her to be at a very great distance, but even then she could be seen since she shone more powerfully than the full moon. Or they searched far in front. Or they saw her not far away (avidūrataḥ). Because of their own distraction, though close, they could not previously hear her painful cries. She suffered separation and then had fainted. She had fallen to the ground, had dust on her body, had wounds and blood on her limbs, had profuse tears and saliva smearing her facial makeup. In that condition all of them viewed her with affection. They had imitated Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes out of great pain in separation. She had fainted with a deathlike state. When the friends saw her in that condition, out of friendship they felt similar pain. In fact, they felt double the pain. Surrounding her they all wept. The previous envy in all of them disappeared on its own. Later they made her revive consciousness gradually by their various skills. Comforting her, they asked what had happened.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)Atma Nigraha (Self-control)Karuna (Kindness / Compassion)
Related verses

The lost lamb of a flock is often found by the rest of the flock first, before the shepherd returns. The gopīs, still tracking Kṛṣṇa's path, stumble on Her — Their proud sister now their bewildered sister. The rāsa's first reunion is not Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs but gopī with gopī, sisterhood restored before the Beloved returns.

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