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from the onslaught of demons, so You have also advented in Vṛndāvana just to give the residents protection from all kinds of distress. O dear friend of the distressed, kindly place Your hand on our burning breasts as well as on our heads, because we have surrendered unto You as Your eternal maidservants. If You think, however, that Your lotus-like palms might be burned to ashes if placed on our burning breasts, let us assure You that Your palms will feel pleasure instead of pain, as the lotus flower, although very delicate and soft, enjoys the scorching heat of the sun.”
Upon hearing the anxious plea of the  gopīs , the Supreme Personality of Godhead began to smile, and being very kind to the  gopīs , the Lord, although self-sufficient, began to embrace them and kiss them as they desired. When Krṣṇa, smiling, looked at the faces of the  gopīs , the beauty of their faces became a hundred times enhanced. When He was enjoying them in their midst, He appeared just like the full moon surrounded by millions of shining stars. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead, surrounded by hundreds of  gopīs  and decorated with a flower garland of many colors, began to wander within the Vṛndāvana forest, sometimes singing to Himself and sometimes singing with the  gopīs . In this way, both the Lord and the  gopīs  reached the cool sandy bank of the Yamunā where there were lilies and lotus flowers. In such a transcendental atmosphere, both the  gopīs  and Krṣṇa began to enjoy one another. While they were walking on the bank of the Yamunā, Krṣṇa would sometimes put His arms around a  gopī 's head, breast or waist. Pinching one another and joking and looking at one another, they enjoyed. When Krṣṇa touched the bodies of the  gopīs , their lust to embrace Him increased. They all enjoyed these pastimes. Thus the  gopīs  were blessed with all mercy by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for they enjoyed His company without a tinge of mundane sex life.
The  gopīs , however, soon began to feel very proud, thinking themselves to be the most fortunate women in the universe by being favored by the company of Krṣṇa. Lord Krṣṇa, who is known as Keśava, could immediately understand their pride caused by their great fortune of enjoying Him personally, and in order to show them His causeless mercy and to curb their false pride, He immediately disappeared from the scene, exhibiting His opulence of renunciation. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always full with six kinds of opulences, and this is an instance of the opulence of renunciation. This renunciation confirms Krṣṇa's total non-attachment. He is always self-sufficient and is not dependent on anything. This is the platform on which the transcendental pastimes are enacted.
Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Twenty-ninth Chapter of Krṣṇa, “The Rāsa Dance: Introduction.”