The Hare Krishna Experience

3.2.24 - Uddhava's Absorption in Krishna


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ŚB 3.2.14

यस्यानुरागप्लुतहासरास-

लीलावलोकप्रतिलब्धमाना: ।
व्रजस्त्रियो द‍ृग्भिरनुप्रवृत्त-
धियोऽवतस्थु: किल कृत्यशेषा: ॥ १४ ॥

yasyānurāga-pluta-hāsa-rāsa-

līlāvaloka-pratilabdha-mānāḥ
vraja-striyo dṛgbhir anupravṛtta-
dhiyo ’vatasthuḥ kila kṛtya-śeṣāḥ

Synonyms

yasya — whose; anurāga — attachment; pluta — enhanced by; hāsa — laughter; rāsa — humors; līlā — pastimes; avaloka — glancing; pratilabdha — obtained thereof; mānāḥ — anguished; vraja-striyaḥ — damsels of Vraja; dṛgbhiḥ — with the eyes; anupravṛtta — following; dhiyaḥ — by intelligence; avatasthuḥ — sat silently; kila — indeed; kṛtya-śeṣāḥ — without finishing household duties.

Translation

The  damsels of Vraja, after pastimes of laughter, humor and exchanges of  glances, were anguished when Kṛṣṇa left them. They used to follow Him  with their eyes, and thus they sat down with stunned intelligence and  could not finish their household duties.

Purport

In  His boyhood at Vṛndāvana, Lord Kṛṣṇa was notorious as a teasing friend  in transcendental love to all the girls His age. His love for them was  so intense that there is no comparison to that ecstasy, and the damsels  of Vraja were so much attached to Him that their affection excelled that  of the great demigods like Brahmā and Śiva. Lord Kṛṣṇa finally admitted  His defeat before the transcendental affection of the gopīs and declared that He was unable to repay them for their unalloyed affection. Although the gopīs were seemingly anguished by the Lord’s teasing behavior, when Kṛṣṇa  would leave them they could not tolerate the separation and used to  follow Him with their eyes and minds. They were so stunned by the  situation that they could not finish their household duties. No one  could excel Him even in the dealing of love exchanged between boys and  girls. It is said in the revealed scriptures that Lord Kṛṣṇa personally  never goes beyond the boundary of Vṛndāvana. He remains there eternally  because of the transcendental love of the inhabitants. Thus even though  He is not visible at present, He is not away from Vṛndāvana for a  moment.

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