Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 Verse 37

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.37

yā mayā krīḍatā rātryāḿ

vane 'smin vraja āsthitāḥ

alabdha-rāsāḥ kalyāṇyo

māpur mad-vīrya-cintayā

SYNONYMS

yāḥ — which women; mayā — with Me; krīḍatā — who was sporting; rātryām — at night; vane — in the forest; asmin — this; vraje — in the village of Vraja; āsthitāḥ — remaining; alabdha — not experiencing; rāsāḥ — the rāsa dance; kalyāṇyaḥ — fortunate; mā — Me; āpuḥ — they achieved; mat-vīrya — upon My valorous pastimes; cintayā — by concentration.

TRANSLATION

Although some gopīs had to remain in the cowherd village and so could not join the rāsa dance to sport with Me at night in the forest, they were nonetheless fortunate. Indeed, they attained Me by thinking of My potent pastimes.

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