Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.53

śrī-śuka uvāca

tatas tāḥ kṛṣṇa-sandeśair

vyapeta-viraha-jvarāḥ

uddhavaḿ pūjayāḿ cakrur

jñātvātmānam adhokṣajam

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tataḥ — then; tāḥ — they; kṛṣṇa-sandeśaiḥ — by the messages from Kṛṣṇa; vyapeta — removed; viraha — of their separation; jvarāḥ — the fever; uddhavamUddhava; pūjayām cakruḥ — worshiped; jñātvā — recognizing him; ātmānam — Himself; adhokṣajamas the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Lord Kṛṣṇa's messages having relieved their fever of separation, the gopīs then worshiped Uddhava, recognizing him as nondifferent from their Lord, Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī states that the words jñatvātmānam adhokṣajam also indicate that the gopīs recognize Lord Kṛṣṇa to be the very soul of their lives and thus spiritually one with them.

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