Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.11

kācin madhukaram drishtvā

dhyāyantī krishna-sańgamam

priya-prasthāpitam dūtam

kalpayitvedam abravīt

SYNONYMS

kācit — one (of the gopīs); madhu-karam — a honeybee; drishtvā — seeing; dhyāyantī — while meditating; krishna-sańgamam — on Her association with Krishna; priya — by Her beloved; prasthāpitam — sent; dūtam — a messenger; kalpayitvā — imagining it; idam — the following; abravīt — spoke.

TRANSLATION

One of the gopīs, while meditating on Her previous association with Krishna, saw a honeybee before Her and imagined it to be a messenger sent by Her beloved. Thus She spoke as follows.

PURPORT

Śrīmatī Rādhārānī is referred to in this verse as kācit, "a certain gopī."To establish that this particular gopī is in fact Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī quotes the following verses from the Agni Purāna:

gopyah papracchur ūshasi

krishnānucaram uddhavam

harī-līlā-vihārāmś ca

tatraikām rādhikām vinā

rādhā tad-bhāva-samlīnā

vāsanāyā virāmitā

sakhībhih sābhyadhāc chuddha-

vijñāna-guna-jrimbhitam

ijyānte-vāsinām veda

caramāmśa-vibhāvanaih

"At dawn the gopīs inquired from Krishna's servant, Uddhava, about the Lord's pastimes and recreation. Only Śrīmatī Rādhārānī, immersed in thought of Krishna, withdrew Her interest in the talks. Then Rādhā, who is worshiped by the residents of Her Vrindāvana village, spoke up in the midst of Her girlfriends. Her words were full of pure transcendental knowledge and expressed the ultimate portion of the Vedas."

In the Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) Lord Krishna states, vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyah: "By all the Vedas, I am to be known." To know Krishna is to love Krishna, and thus Rādhārānī, by Her own example and words, revealed Her supreme love for the Lord.

Having quoted the above verses from the Agni Purāna, Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī also quotes the following from the Nrisimha-tāpanī Upanishad (Pūrva-khanda 2.4): yam sarve devā namanti mumukshavo brahma-vādinaś ca. "All the demigods and all the transcendental philosophers who desire liberation bow down to the Supreme Lord." We should follow suit.

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