श्रीशुक उवाच ।
इति गोप्यः प्रगायन्त्यः प्रलपन्त्यश्च चित्रधा ।
रुरुदुः सुस्वरं राजन् कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः ॥ १॥
तासामाविरभूच्छौरिः स्मयमानमुखाम्बुजः ।
पीताम्बरधरः स्रग्वी साक्षान्मन्मथमन्मथः ॥ २॥
तं विलोक्यागतं प्रेष्ठं प्रीत्युत्फुल्लदृशोऽबलाः ।
उत्तस्थुर्युगपत्सर्वास्तन्वः प्राणमिवागतम् ॥ ३॥
काचित्कराम्बुजं शौरेर्जगृहेऽञ्जलिना मुदा ।
काचिद्दधार तद्बाहुमंसे चन्दनरूषितम् ॥ ४॥
काचिदञ्जलिनागृह्णात्तन्वी ताम्बूलचर्वितम् ।
एका तदङ्घ्रिकमलं सन्तप्ता स्तनयोरधात् ॥ ५॥
एका भ्रुकुटिमाबध्य प्रेमसंरम्भविह्वला ।
घ्नन्तीवैक्षत्कटाक्षेपैः सन्दष्टदशनच्छदा ॥ ६॥
अपरानिमिषद्दृग्भ्यां जुषाणा तन्मुखाम्बुजम् ।
आपीतमपि नातृप्यत्सन्तस्तच्चरणं यथा ॥ ७॥
तं काचिन्नेत्ररन्ध्रेण हृदिकृत्य निमील्य च ।
पुलकाङ्ग्युपगुह्यास्ते योगीवानन्दसम्प्लुता ॥ ८॥
सर्वास्ताः केशवालोकपरमोत्सवनिर्वृताः ।
जहुर्विरहजं तापं प्राज्ञं प्राप्य यथा जनाः ॥ ९॥
ताभिर्विधूतशोकाभिर्भगवानच्युतो वृतः ।
व्यरोचताधिकं तात पुरुषः शक्तिभिर्यथा ॥ १०॥
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Śrī Śuka began again : Thus singing at the pitch of their voice and raving in various ways, the cowherd women loudly wailed, O king, seized as they were with a longing to behold Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (1)
In their (very) midst appeared (all of a sudden) Śrī Kṛṣṇa (a scion of Śūra), clad in yellow (silk) and adorned with a garland and wearing a smiling lotus-like countenance, the Enchanter of Cupid himself (who maddens the whole world). (2)
Beholding Śrī Kṛṣṇa, their most beloved Lord, come (back), all the women sprang on their feet all at once, their eyes wide open with joy, (even) as the limbs of a body would on finding the life-breath returned. (3)
One (of them) clasped the lotus-like hands of Śauri with her joined palms with delight, while another placed on her shoulder His arm smeared with sandal-paste. (4)
A certain Gopi of delicate limbs took in the hollow of her palms the betel chewed by Him, while another set His lotus-feet on her bosom, burning as she was (with the fire of passion). (5)
Knitting her brows and closely biting her (lower) lip, another looked at Him as though tormenting Him with volleys of her side-glances, agitated as she was with anger caused by (unrequited) love. (6)
Another continued to gaze on His lotus-like countenance with unwinking eyes, even though it had been duly contemplated (for a long time), but did not feel sated any more than saints would while contemplating on His (lotus) feet. (7)
A certain Gopi ushered Him into his heart through the hollows of her eyes, shut her eyes (in order to preclude His egress) and, (mentally) embracing Him with the hairs of her body standing on end, stood immersed in bliss like a Yogi (one united in thought with God). (8)
Enraptured with the grand feast provided by the sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇa (the Ruler even of Brahmā and Lord Śiva), they all shed the agony caused by separation from Him even as men get rid of their grief on meeting an enlightened soul. (9)
Surrounded by those women, who had shaken off their sorrow, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (the immortal Lord) shone very brightly, O dear Parikṣit, like the Supreme Spirit endowed with His potencies (in the form of Sattva etc.). (10) (1-10)
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ताः समादाय कालिन्द्या निर्विश्य पुलिनं विभुः ।
विकसत्कुन्दमन्दारसुरभ्यनिलषट्पदम् ॥ ११॥
शरच्चन्द्रांशुसन्दोहध्वस्तदोषातमः शिवम् ।
कृष्णाया हस्ततरलाचितकोमलवालुकम् ॥ १२॥
तद्दर्शनाह्लादविधूतहृद्रुजो
मनोरथान्तं श्रुतयो यथा ययुः ।
स्वैरुत्तरीयैः कुचकुङ्कुमाङ्कितै-
रचीकॢपन्नासनमात्मबन्धवे ॥ १३॥
तत्रोपविष्टो भगवान् स ईश्वरो
योगेश्वरान्तर्हृदि कल्पितासनः ।
चकास गोपीपरिषद्गतोऽर्चित-
स्त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्म्येकपदं वपुर्दधत् ॥ १४॥
सभाजयित्वा तमनङ्गदीपनं
सहासलीलेक्षणविभ्रमभ्रुवा ।
संस्पर्शनेनाङ्ककृताङ्घ्रिहस्तयोः
संस्तुत्य ईषत्कुपिता बभाषिरे ॥ १५॥
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Taking them (with Him) in a body the almighty Lord repaired to the delightful bank of the Kālindi, which was swarmed with black bees drawn by (gentle) winds charged with the fragrance of full-blown jasmines and Mandāras, where the darkness of the night had been dispelled by the flood of rays of the autumnal moon and on which soft sands had been spread by the hands—in the form of waves—of the Kṛṣṇa (Yamunā). (11-12)
The Gopis, whose heartache (caused by their separation from the Lord) had been dissipated by the joy flowing from His sight, attained the end of their desire even as the Śrutis (Vedic texts dealing with rituals performed from some interested motive, and thus failing to perceive God) transcend the realm of desire (when they pass on to the topic of Jñāna or God-Realization and achieve their real purpose). (Now) they prepared a seat for Śrī Kṛṣṇa (the Friend of their soul) with their scarfs spotted with the saffron paint on their bosom. (13)
Seated there and honoured by them, the aforesaid almighty Lord, who stands enthroned in the heart of masters of Yoga, shone in the midst of that bevy of the Gopīs, revealing a personality which is the one abode of loveliness spread through (all) the three worlds. (14)
Greeting Śrī Kṛṣṇa—who had kindled love in their breast—with their eye-brows, whose grace fulness was heightened by their sportful glances accompanied by (bright) smiles, and warmly praising Him while pressing His hands and feet placed in their lap, they spoke (as follows) feeling a bit enraged. (15) (11-15)
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गोप्य ऊचुः ।
भजतोऽनुभजन्त्येक एक एतद्विपर्ययम् ।
नोभयांश्च भजन्त्येक एतन्नो ब्रूहि साधु भोः ॥ १६॥
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The Gopīs said : Some love in return those who love them; while others do (just) the reverse of it (i.e., love even those that do not love them in return). Still others do not love either. Kindly explain this clearly to us, O Lord ! (16) (16)
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श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
मिथो भजन्ति ये सख्यः स्वार्थैकान्तोद्यमा हि ते ।
न तत्र सौहृदं धर्मः स्वार्थार्थं तद्धि नान्यथा ॥ १७॥
भजन्त्यभजतो ये वै करुणाः पितरौ यथा ।
धर्मो निरपवादोऽत्र सौहृदं च सुमध्यमाः ॥ २८॥
भजतोऽपि न वै केचिद्भजन्त्यभजतः कुतः ।
आत्मारामा ह्याप्तकामा अकृतज्ञा गुरुद्रुहः ॥ १९॥
नाहं तु सख्यो भजतोऽपि जन्तून्
भजाम्यमीषामनुवृत्तिवृत्तये ।
यथाधनो लब्धधने विनष्टे
तच्चिन्तयान्यन्निभृतो न वेद ॥ २०॥
एवं मदर्थोज्झितलोकवेद-
स्वानां हि वो मय्यनुवृत्तयेऽबलाः ।
मया परोक्षं भजता तिरोहितं
मासूयितुं मार्हथ तत्प्रियं प्रियाः ॥ २१॥
न पारयेऽहं निरवद्यसंयुजां
स्वसाधुकृत्यं विबुधायुषापि वः ।
या माभजन् दुर्जरगेहशृङ्खलाः
संवृश्च्य तद्वः प्रतियातु साधुना ॥ २२॥
इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां
दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वर्धे रासक्रीडायां गोपीसान्त्वनं नाम
द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ॥ ३२॥
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The glorious Lord replied : They who love one another (for mutual benefit), O friends, (really love their own self and none other; for) their endeavour indeed is solely actuated by self-interest. Neither goodwill nor virtue plays any part there; for such love has a (purely) selfish motive and not otherwise. (17)
They who actually love even those that do not love them (in return) are compassionate (and loving too) like one's parents. There is blameless virtue as well as goodwill operating here, O charming girls ! (18)
Some indeed do not love even those that love them, much less those that do not love them. They are either sages revelling in their own self (and having no knowledge of the external world) or those who have realized their ambition (and are therefore free from all craving for enjoyment, though conscious of external objects) or dullards (who are incapable of appreciating a good turn done to them) or ungrateful people (who bear enmity to their own benefactors that are as good as their father, though conscious of their services). (19)
I, for my part, O friends, (do not come under any of these categories, being supremely compassionate and friendly, inasmuch as I) do not (visibly) reciprocate the love (and remain out of sight for some time) of even those individuals who love Me, in order that they could ever think of Me in the same way as a penniless person would, on a treasure found by him being lost, remain engrossed in the thought of that wealth (alone) and would not be sensible to anything else. (20)
Indeed in order to ensure thus your constant devotion to Me, O fair ones, I remained out of your sight (for some time), though loving you invisibly (and listening to your professions of love with great delight)—you, who have for My sake ignored (all worldly decorum as well as (the injunctions of) the Vedas and deserted your own people. Therefore, O beloved ones, you ought not to find fault with Me, your darling. (21)
(As a matter of fact) I cannot even through the (long) life of a heavenly being (36000 human years) repay My obligation (which is the duty of all virtuous men) to you, whose connection with Me is (absolutely) free from blemish and who have fixed your mind on Me completely cutting asunder the fetters that bound you to your home and which cannot be easily broken. (Therefore,) let your services to Me be repaid by your own goodness. (22)
Thus ends the thirty-second discourse entitled "The Lord comforts the Gopīs during the Rāsa-Play" in the first half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Sarhhitā. (17-22)
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