Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.39.14
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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hṛt
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of the heart
Hṛt — the inner seat. Their suffering is hṛt-tāpa, heart-fever, not surface emotion. This is the precise word Caitanya-caritāmṛta will use for the burning of viraha.
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śvāsa
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heavy breathing / sighing
Aṣṭa-sāttvika-bhāva indicator: one of the eight bodily signs of intense rasa. Rūpa Gosvāmī catalogues these in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu — the gopīs here exhibit them spontaneously.
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dukūla
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fine cloth / sari
Their fine garments slipping is a classical sign of distraction in love-poetry (cf. Kālidāsa). The Bhāgavata uses the convention but anchors it in śuddha-bhakti, not erotic loss.
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valaya
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bangles
Bangles fall from wrists thinned by anguish — a recurring image in viraha-poetry. Their ornaments register the same loss their faces do; the body of a virahiṇī is one long instrument of separation.
Five verses describe the mental anguish of the gopis. Among them, Bhadra and others are described. Bhadra’s face was withered, due to lack of breath from the increase in heat on hearing the news. Next the withering of the limbs of Syamala and others is described. They became so thin that their ornaments began to fall off.
In the description of the rāsa dance, degrees of prema were described in different gopīs. Three verses show in succession higher degrees of prema. It was described in the explanation of the previous verse that some gopīs personally heard the announcement. Just on hearing they became aggrieved-- not by first taking a few seconds understand the meaning. The second line also describes gopīs who heard and instantly became aggrieved, since it indicates their activities and is mentioned in the same verse. Since they became aggrieved simply on hearing, and then their clothing and hair slackened, what would happen if they contemplated the meaning? These two types, nitya-siddhas, are the best, because of their spontaneous emotions. Those who became grieved on understanding Akrūra would take him away (mentioned in the commentary of the previous verse) are sādhana-siddhas, since the emotion is not spontaneous. The second type mentioned in this verse is superior to the first type, since the first has less intense prema than the latter. The first line describes Bhadrā and others, whose tilaka (mukha-śrīyah) immediately became pale by their heavy breathing. What to speak of their complexion. That they all became aggrieved should be understood in all the descriptions of the different gopīs. The latter gopīs also exhibit the symptoms of the previous types. The gopīs whose clothing became loose are Śyāmala and others. Their clothing became loose because they became thin.
Three verses describe the different reactions of different groups of gopīs, according to differing bhāvas. The announcement (tat-krṭa) caused the reactions. It was described in the explanation of the previous verse that some gopīs reacted just on hearing of the announcement. Just on hearing they became aggrieved-- not by first taking a few seconds understand the meaning. Their natural beauty faded. They felt extreme pain in their hearts. Their clothing became loose because of the intense grief at immanent separation.
Like garlands cut from the stem at dawn that wilt by midday — the gopīs' faces pale, their breath turns hot and shallow, their cloth slips, bracelets loosen, braids come undone. The body of one whose heart has left her cannot hold its own ornaments.
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