Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.3

gati-smita-prekshana-bhāshanādishu

priyāh priyasya pratirūdha-mūrtayah

asāv aham tv ity abalās tad-ātmikā

nyavedishuh krishna-vihāra-vibhramāh

SYNONYMS

gati — in His movements; smita — smiling; prekshana — beholding; bhāshanā — talking; ādishu — and so on; priyāh — the dear gopīs; priyasya — of their beloved; pratirūdha — fully absorbed; mūrtayah — their bodies; asau — He; aham — I; tu — actually; iti — speaking thus; abalāh — the women; tat-ātmikāh — identifying with Him; nyavedishuh — they announced; krishna-vihāra — caused by the pastimes of Krishna; vibhramāh — whose intoxication.

TRANSLATION

Because the beloved gopīs were absorbed in thoughts of their beloved Krishna, their bodies imitated His way of moving and smiling, His way of beholding them, His speech and His other distinctive features. Deeply immersed in thinking of Him and maddened by remembering His pastimes, they declared to one another, "I am Krishna!"

PURPORT

Spontaneously, the gopīs began moving like Krishna: they smiled as He would smile, glanced boldly as He would and spoke as He would. The gopīs were completely absorbed in the existence of Krishna and mad with love at their sudden separation from Him, and thus their dedication to Him attained absolute perfection.

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