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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.65.9

gopyo hasantyaḥ papracchū

rāma-sandarśanādṛtāḥ

kaccid āste sukhaḿ kṛṣṇaḥ

pura-strī-jana-vallabhaḥ

SYNONYMS

gopyaḥ — the young cowherd girls; hasantyaḥ — smiling; papracchuḥ — asked; rāma — of Lord Balarāma; sandarśana — by the personal audience; ādṛtāḥ — honored; kaccit — whether; āste — is living; sukham — happily; kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa; pura — of the city; strī-jana — of the women; vallabhaḥ — the darling.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Honored to have the personal audience of Lord Balarāma, the young gopīs, smiled and asked Him, "Is Kṛṣṇa, the darling of the city women, living happily?

PURPORT

According to the ācāryas, Lord Kṛṣṇa's beloved girlfriends were smiling with divine madness, since they were feeling extreme unhappiness in separation from their beloved Kṛṣṇa. Lord Rāma deeply respected their great love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, His younger brother, and thus the term rāma-sandarśanādṛtāḥ carries the meaning that Balarāma honored the gopīs, as well as the given meaning, that they honored Him.

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