Texts 11-12]
Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā
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beloved cowherd girl, is beyond expression. Once they met at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse, and the feeling which was expressed by them is heartrending. There is, of course, a difference in the qualities of the transcendental devotees of the Lord, but none of them who have ever contacted the Lord by direct communion or otherwise can leave Him for a moment. That is the attitude of the pure devotee.
TEXTS 11-12
सत्सङ्गान्मुक्तदुःसङ्गो हातुं नोत्सहते बुधः । 
  कीर्त्यमानं यशो यस्य सकृदाकर्ष्य रोचनम् ॥११॥ 
  तस्मिन्न्यस्ताधियः पार्थाः सहेरन् विरहं कथम् । 
  दर्शनस्पर्शसंलापशयनासनभोजनैः ॥१२॥
satsaṅgān mukta-duḥsaṅgo 
  hātum notsahate budhaḥ 
  kīrtyamānam yaśo yasya 
  sakṛd ākarṇya rocanam 
  tasmin nyasta dhiyaḥ pārthāḥ 
  saheran viraham katham 
  darśana-sparśa-samlāpa- 
  śayanāsana-bhojanaiḥ
satsaṅgāt—by association of pure devotees; mukta-duḥsaṅgaḥ—freed from bad materialistic association; hātum—to give up; na utsahate—never attempts; budhaḥ—one who has understood the Lord; kīrtyamānam—glorifying; yaśaḥ—fame; yasya—whose; sakṛt—once only; ākarṇya—hearing only; rocanam—pleasing; tasmin—unto Him; nyasta-dhiyaḥ—one who has given up his mind unto Him; pārthāḥ—the sons of Pṛthā; saheran—can tolerate; viraham—separation; katham—how; darśana—seeing eye to eye; sparśa—touching; samlāpa—conversing; śayana—sleeping; āsana—sitting; bhojanaiḥ—dining together.
TRANSLATION
The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic association, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they have heard them only once. How, then, could the Pāṇḍavas tolerate His separation, for they had been intimately associated with His person, seeing Him eye to eye, touching Him, conversing with Him, and sleeping, sitting and dining with Him?