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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.82.47
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukah uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; adhyātma — about the soul; śikshayā — with instruction; gopyah — the gopīs; evam — thus; krishnena — by Krishna; śikshitāh — taught; tat — on Him; anusmarana — by constant meditation; dhvasta — eradicated; jīva-kośāh — the subtle covering of the soul (false ego); tam — Him; adhyagan — they came to understand.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus been instructed by Krishna in spiritual matters, the gopīs were freed of all tinges of false ego because of their incessant meditation upon Him. And with their deepening absorption in Him, they came to understand Him fully.
PURPORT
Śrīla Prabhupāda renders this passage as follows in Krishna: "The gopīs, having been instructed by Krishna in this philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference, remained always in Krishna consciousness and thus became liberated from all material contamination. The consciousness of the living entity who falsely presents himself as the enjoyer of the material world is called jīva-kośa, which means imprisonment by the false ego. Not only the gopīs but anyone who follows these instructions of Krishna becomes immediately freed from the jīva-kośa imprisonment. A person in full Krishna consciousness is always liberated from false egoism; he utilizes everything for Krishna's service and is not at any time separated from Krishna."
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