Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.43

tāh kim niśāh smarati yāsu tadā priyābhir

vrindāvane kumuda-kunda-śaśāńka-ramye

reme kvanac-carana-nūpura-rāsa-goshthyām

asmābhir īdita-manojña-kathah kadācit

SYNONYMS

tāh — those; kim — whether; niśāh — nights; smarati — He remembers; yāsu — in which; tadā — then; priyābhih — with His beloved girlfriends; vrindāvane — in the Vrindāvana forest; kumuda — because of the lotuses; kunda — and jasmines; śaśāńka — and because of the moon; ramye — attractive; reme — He enjoyed; kvanat — jingling; carana-nūpura — (where) the ankle bells; rāsa-goshthyām — in the party of the rāsa dance; asmābhih — with us; īdita — glorified; manojña — charming; kathah — topics about whom; kadācit — ever.

TRANSLATION

Does He recall those nights in the Vrindāvana forest, lovely with lotus, jasmine and the bright moon? As we glorified His charming pastimes, He enjoyed with us, His beloved girlfriends, in the circle of the rāsa dance, which resounded with the music of ankle bells.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives the following deep realization about this verse: "The gopīs knew that no place could be as beautiful as Vrindāvana. Nowhere else in the universe could one find such a charming scene as the Vrindāvana forest, which was scented with pious flowers and illumined by the full moon's light reflected from the serene waves of the sacred Yamunā River. No one loved Krishna as much as the gopīs, and thus no one else could understand Him as well. The gopīs rendered intimate service to Krishna that only they could perfect. Thus the gopīs were distraught to think that Lord Krishna was bereft of Vrindāvana and bereft of their service. Free of all material lust, they were overwhelmed with disappointment because they could not give Krishna happiness by their loving service. They simply could not imagine Krishna enjoying anywhere else as He did in Vrindāvana in their company."

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