Text 33]
Lord Krṣṇa's Entrance in Dvārakā
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PURPORT
Although due to feminine shyness there were many hindrances to embracing the dear husband Lord Śrī Krṣṇa, the queens performed that act by seeing Him, by putting Him in the core of their hearts, and by sending their sons to embrace Him. Still, the act remained unfinished, and tears rolled down their cheeks despite all endeavors to check them. One indirectly embraces the husband by sending the son to embrace him because the son is developed as part of the mother's body. The embrace of the son is not exactly the embrace of husband and wife from the sexual point of view, but the embrace is satisfaction from the affectionate point of view. The embrace of the eyes is more effective in the conjugal relation, and thus according to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī there is nothing wrong in such an exchange of feeling between husband and wife.
TEXT 33
यद्यप्यसौ पार्श्वगतो रहोगत-  
 स्वथापि तस्याङ्घ्रियुगं नवं नवम् ।  
 पदे पदे का विरमेत तत्पदा-  
 बलापि यन्त्रीनं जहाति कर्हिनित् ॥३३॥
yadyapy asau pārśva-gato raho-gatas 
    tathāpi tasyānghri-yugam navam navam 
    pade pade kā virameta tat-padāc 
    calāpi yac chrīr na jahāti karhicit
yadi—although; api—certainly; asau—He (Lord Śrī Krṣṇa); pārśva-gataḥ—just by the side; rahaḥ-gataḥ—exclusively alone; tathāpi—still; tasya—His; anghri-yugam—the feet of the Lord; navam navam—newer and newer; pade—step; pade—in every step; kā—who; virameta—can be detached from; tat-padāt—from His feet; calāpi—moving; yat—whom; śrīḥ—the goddess of fortune; na—never; jahāti—quits; karhicit—at any time.
TRANSLATION
Although Lord Śrī Krṣṇa was constantly by their sides, as well as exclusively alone, His feet appeared to them to be newer and newer. The