Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.4

gāyantya uccair amum eva saḿhatā

vicikyur unmattaka-vad vanād vanam

papracchur ākāśa-vad antaraḿ bahir

bhūteṣu santaḿ puruṣaḿ vanaspatīn

SYNONYMS

gāyantyaḥ — singing; uccaiḥ — loudly; amum — about Him; eva — indeed; saḿhatāḥ — together in a group; vicikyuḥ — they searched; unmattaka-vat — like madwomen; vanāt vanam — from one area of the forest to another; papracchuḥ — they inquired; ākāśa-vat — like the sky; antaram — internally; bahiḥ — and externally; bhūteṣuin all created beings; santam — present; puruṣam — the Supreme Person; vanaspatīn — from the trees.

TRANSLATION

Singing loudly of Kṛṣṇa, they searched for Him throughout the Vṛndāvana forest like a band of madwomen. They even asked the trees about Him, who as the Supersoul is present inside and outside of all created things, just like the sky.

PURPORT

Lost in the madness of love for Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs inquired about Him from even the trees in Vṛndāvana. Of course, there is no actual separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, since He is the all-pervading Supersoul.

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