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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.35-36
ity evam darśayantyas tāś
cerur gopyo vicetasah
vihāyānyāh striyo vane
SYNONYMS
iti — thus; evam — in this manner; darśayantyah — showing; tāh — they; ceruh — wandered; gopyah — the gopīs; vicetasah — completely bewildered; yām — which; gopīm — gopī; anayat — He took; krishnah — Lord Krishna; vihāya — abandoning; anyāh — the other; striyah — women; vane — in the forest; sā — She; ca — also; mene — thought; tadā — then; ātmānam — Herself; varishtham — the best; sarva — of all; yoshitām — women; hitvā — rejecting; gopīh — the gopīs; kāma-yānāh — who are impelled by lusty desire; mām — Me; asau — He; bhajate — is accepting; priyah — the beloved.
TRANSLATION
As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Krishna's pastimes. The particular gopī whom Krishna 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 Krishna and then suddenly lost His association. Only Rādhārānī 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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