Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 65: Lord Balarāma Visits Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.65.10

kaccit smarati vā bandhūn

pitaraḿ mātaraḿ ca saḥ

apy asau mātaraḿ draṣṭuḿ

sakṛd apy āgamiṣyati

api vā smarate 'smākam

anusevāḿ mahā-bhujaḥ

SYNONYMS

kaccit — whether; smarati — remembers; — or; bandhūn — His family members; pitaram — His father; mātaram — His mother; ca — and; saḥHe; api — also; asau — Himself; mātaram — His mother; draṣṭumto see; sakṛt — once; api — even; āgamiṣyati — will come; api — indeed; — or; smarateHe remembers; asmākam — our; anusevām — steady service; mahā — mighty; bhujaḥ — whose arms.

TRANSLATION

"Does He remember His family members, especially His father and mother? Do you think He will ever come back even once to see His mother? And does mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa remember the service we always did for Him?

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that the gopīs would render service to Lord Kṛṣṇa by stringing flower garlands, skillfully using perfumes, and constructing fans, beds and canopies out of flower petals. By these simple acts of love, the gopīs rendered the greatest service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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