Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.32.13

tad-darśanāhlāda-vidhūta-hrid-rujo

manorathāntam śrutayo yathā yayuh

svair uttarīyaih kuca-kuńkumāńkitair

acīklpann āsanam ātma-bandhave

SYNONYMS

tat — Him, Krishna; darśana — due to seeing; āhlāda — by the ecstasy; vidhūta — driven away; hrit — in their hearts; rujah — the pain; manah-ratha — of their desires; antam — the ultimate fulfillment; śrutayah — the revealed scriptures; yathā — as; yayuh — they attained; svaih — with their own; uttarīyaih — covering garments; kuca — of their breasts; kuńkuma — with the vermilion powder; ańkitaih — smeared; acīklpan — they arranged; āsanam — a seat; ātma — of their souls; bandhave — for the dear friend.

TRANSLATION

Their heartache vanquished by the ecstasy of seeing Krishna, the gopīs, like the personified Vedas before them, felt their desires completely fulfilled. For their dear friend Krishna they arranged a seat with their shawls which were smeared with the kuńkuma powder from their breasts.

PURPORT

In the Eighty-seventh Chapter of this canto (Text 23), the śrutis, or personified Vedas, pray as follows:

striya uragendra-bhoga-bhuja-danda-vishakta-dhiyo

vayam api te samāh samadriśo 'ńghri-saroja-sudhāh

"These women fully absorbed their minds in meditation on Lord Krishna's powerful arms, which are like the bodies of great serpents. We want to become just like the gopīs and render service to His lotus feet." The śrutis had seen Krishna during His appearance in the previous day of Brahmā and had become full of the most intense desire to associate with Him. Then in this kalpa they became gopīs. And since the Vedas are eternal in human society, the śrutis in this kalpa also become full of desire for Krishna and in the next kalpa will also become gopīs. This information is given by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura.

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