Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.11

dhanyah sma mudha-gatayo 'pi harinya eta

ya nanda-nandanam upatta-vicitra-vesam

akarnya venu-ranitam saha-krsna-sarah

pujam dadhur viracitam pranayavalokaih

SYNONYMS

dhanyah -- fortunate, blessed; sma -- certainly; mudha-gatayah -- having taken birth in an ignorant animal species; api -- although; harinyah -- she-deer; etah -- these; yah -- who; nanda-nandanam -- the son of Maharaja Nanda; upatta-vicitra-vesam -- dressed very attractively; akarnya -- hearing; venu-ranitam -- the sound of His flute; saha-krsna-sarah -- accompanied by the black deer (their husbands); pujam dadhuh -- they worshiped; viracitam -- performed; pranaya-avalokaih -- by their affectionate glances.

TRANSLATION

Blessed are all these foolish deer because they have approached Maharaja Nanda's son, who is gorgeously dressed and is playing on His flute. Indeed, both the doe and the bucks worship the Lord with looks of love and affection.

PURPORT

This translation is quoted from Srila Prabhupada's Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 17.36).

According to the acaryas, the gopis were thinking as follows: "The female deer can approach Krsna along with their husbands because Krsna is the ultimate object of affection for the male deer. Because of their affection for Krsna, they are encouraged by seeing their wives attracted to Him and thus consider their household lives fortunate. Indeed, they become joyful upon seeing how their wives are searching after Krsna, and, following along, they urge their wives to go to the Lord. On the other hand, our husbands are jealous of Krsna, and because of their lack of devotion to Him they cannot even stand to smell His fragrance. Therefore what is the use of our lives?"

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