Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 30 Verses 35-36

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.35-36

ity evaḿ darśayantyas tāś

cerur gopyo vicetasaḥ

yāḿ gopīm anayat kṛṣṇo

vihāyānyāḥ striyo vane

sā ca mene tadātmānaḿ

variṣṭhaḿ sarva-yoṣitām

hitvā gopīḥ kāma-yānā

mām asau bhajate priyaḥ

SYNONYMS

iti — thus; evam — in this manner; darśayantyaḥ — showing; tāḥ — they; ceruḥ — wandered; gopyaḥ — the gopīs; vicetasaḥ — completely bewildered; yām — which; gopīm — gopī; anayat — He took; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; vihāya — abandoning; anyāḥ — the other; striyaḥ — women; vane — in the forest; sā — She; ca — also; mene — thought; tadā — then; ātmānam — Herself; variṣṭham — the best; sarva — of all; yoṣitām — women; hitvā — rejecting; gopīḥ — the gopīs; kāma-yānāḥ — who are impelled by lusty desire; mām — Me; asau — He; bhajate — is accepting; priyaḥ — the beloved.

TRANSLATION

As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Kṛṣṇa's pastimes. The particular gopī whom Kṛṣṇa had led into a secluded forest when He had abandoned all the other young girls began to think Herself the best of women. "My beloved has rejected all the other gopīs, "She thought, "even though they are driven by Cupid himself. He has chosen to reciprocate with Me alone."

PURPORT

Previously all the gopīs had become proud of their association with Kṛṣṇa and then suddenly lost His association. Only Rādhārāṇī remained with Him. Now She has also become proud of that association and will suffer a similar fate. The Lord arranges all this to reveal the gopīs' unparalleled devotion for Him, a devotion whose intensity fully manifests in moments of separation.

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