| Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 90: Summary of Lord Krishna's Glories |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.90.14
ūcur mukundaika-dhiyo
cintayantyo 'ravindāksham
SYNONYMS
ūcuh — they spoke; mukunda — upon Lord Krishna; eka — exclusively; dhiyah — whose minds; girah — words; unmatta — crazed persons; vat — as; jadam — stunned; cintayantyah — thinking; aravinda-aksham — about the lotus-eyed Lord; tāni — these (words); me — from me; gadatah — who am telling; śrinu — please hear.
TRANSLATION
The queens would become stunned in ecstatic trance, their minds absorbed in Krishna alone. Then, thinking of their lotus-eyed Lord, they would speak as if insane. Please hear these words from me as I relate them.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura explains that this superficial appearance of insanity in Lord Krishna's queens, as if they had become intoxicated by dhattūra or some other hallucinogenic drug, was in fact the manifestation of the sixth progressive stage of pure love of Godhead, technically known as prema-vaicitrya. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī refers to this variety of anurāga in his Ujjvala-nīlamani (15.134):
priyasya sannikarshe 'pi
premotkarsha-svabhāvatah
"When, as a natural by-product of one's extreme love, one feels the distress of separation even in the direct presence of the beloved, this state is called prema-vaicitrya."
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