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Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā
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thief. But in spite of His being famous as a thief, He is worshiped as a thief, whereas in the mundane world a thief is punished and is never praised. Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, everything is applicable to Him, and still in spite of all contradictions He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 20
अन्योन्यमासीत्संजल्य उत्तमश्लोकचेतसाम् । कौरवेन्द्रपुरस्त्रीणां सर्वश्रुतिमनोहरः ॥२०॥
anyonyam āsūt sañjalpa uttama-śloka-cetasām kauravendra-pura-strīṇām sarva-śruti-mano-haraḥ
anyonyam—among one another; āsūt—there were; sañjalpaḥ—about; uttama-śloka—the Supreme, who is praised by selected poetry; cetasām—of those whose hearts are absorbed in that way; kauravendra—the king of the Kurus; pura—capital; strīṇām—all the ladies; sarva—all; śruti—the Vedas; manaḥ-haraḥ—attractive to the mind.
TRANSLATION
The ladies on the roofs of all the houses of Hastināpura, who were all absorbed in the thought of the transcendental qualities of the Lord who is sung in select poetry, began to talk of Him. This talk was more attractive than the hymns of the Vedas.
PURPORT
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said that in all the Vedic literatures the goal is the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Factually the glories of the Lord are depicted in such literature as the  Vedas ,  Rāmāyaṇa  and  Mahābhārata . And in the  Bhāgavatam  they are specifically mentioned in respect to the Supreme Lord. Therefore, while the ladies on the tops of the houses in the capital of the kings of the Kuru dynasty were talking about the Lord they were more pleasing than the Vedic hymns. Anything sung in the praise of the Lord is  Śruti-mantra . There are songs of Thākur Narottama Dāsa, one of the  ācāryas  in the Gauḍīya-sampradāya, composed in simple Bengali