### CC Adi 4.153

> গোপ্যশ্চ কৃষ্ণমুপলভ্য চিরাদভীষ্টং\
> যৎপ্রেক্ষণে দৃশিষু পক্ষ্মকৃতং শপন্তি ।\
> দৃগ্ভির্হৃদীকৃতমলং পরিরভ্য সর্বা-\
> স্তদ্ভাবমাপুরপি নিত্যযুজাং দুরাপম্ ॥১৫৩॥

> gopyaś ca kṛṣṇam upalabhya cirād abhīṣṭaṁ\
> yat-prekṣaṇe dṛśiṣu pakṣma-kṛtaṁ śapanti\
> dṛgbhir hṛdi kṛtam alaṁ parirabhya sarvās\
> tad-bhāvam āpur api nitya-yujāṁ durāpam

*gopyaḥ*—the *gopīs*; *ca*—and; *kṛṣṇam*—Lord Kṛṣṇa; *upalabhya*—seeing; *cirāt*—after a long time; *abhīṣṭam*—desired object; *yat-prekṣaṇe*—in the seeing of whom; *dṛśiṣu*—in the eyes; *pakṣma-kṛtam*—the maker of eyelashes; *śapanti*—curse; *dṛgbhiḥ*—with the eyes; *hṛdi kṛtam*—who entered the heart; *alam*—enough; *parirabhya*—embracing; *sarvāḥ*—all; *tat-bhāvam*—that highest stage of joy; *āpuḥ*—obtained; *api*—although; *nitya-yujām*—by perfected *yogīs*; *durāpam*—difficult to obtain.

**"The gopīs saw their beloved Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra after a long separation. They secured and embraced Him in their hearts through their eyes, and they attained a joy so intense that not even perfect yogīs can attain it. The gopīs cursed the creator for creating eyelids that interfered with their vision."**

This text is from *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* (10.82.39).
