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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.62

yā vai śriyārcitam ajādibhir āpta-kāmair

yogeśvarair api yad ātmani rāsa-goṣṭhyām

kṛṣṇasya tad bhagavataḥ caraṇāravindaḿ

nyastaḿ staneṣu vijahuḥ parirabhya tāpam

SYNONYMS

yāḥ — who (the gopīs); vai — indeed; śriyā — by the goddess of fortune; arcitam — worshiped; aja — by unborn Brahmā; ādibhiḥ — and other demigods; āpta-kāmaiḥ — who have already realized all desires; yoga-īśvaraiḥ — masters of mystic power; api — even though; yat — which; ātmaniin the mind; rāsa — of the rāsa dance; goṣṭhyāmin the gathering; kṛṣṇasya — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; tat — those; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Lord; caraṇa-aravindam — the lotus feet; nyastam — placed; staneṣu — on their breasts; vijahuḥ — they gave up; parirabhya — by embracing; tāpam — their torment.

TRANSLATION

The goddess of fortune herself, along with Lord Brahmā and all the other demigods, who are masters of yogic perfection, can worship the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa only within her mind. But during the rāsa dance Lord Kṛṣṇa placed His feet upon these gopīs' breasts, and by embracing those feet the gopīs gave up all distress.

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