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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 11]
TEXT 39
तं मेनिरेऽबला मूढाः स्त्रैणं चानुव्रतं रहः । अप्रमाणविदो भर्तुरीश्वरं मतयो यथा ॥३९॥
tam menire 'balā mūḍhāḥ straiṇam cānuvratam rahaḥ apramāṇa-vido bhartur īśvaram matayo yathā
tam —unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  menire —took it for granted;  abalāḥ —delicate;  mūḍhāḥ —because of simplicity;  straiṇam —one who is dominated by his wife;  ca —also;  anuvratam —follower;  rahaḥ —lonely place;  apramāṇa-vidaḥ —unaware of the extent of glories;  bhartuḥ —of their husband;  īśvaram —the supreme controller;  matayaḥ —thesis;  yathā —as it is.
TRANSLATION
The simple and delicate women truly thought that the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, their beloved husband, followed them and was dominated by them. They were unaware of the extent of the glories of their husband, as the atheists are unaware of Him as the supreme controller.
PURPORT
Even the transcendental wives of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa did not know completely the unfathomable glories of the Lord. This ignorance is not mundane because there is some action of the internal potency of the Lord in the exchange of feelings between Him and His eternal associates. The Lord exchanges transcendental relations in five ways, as proprietor, master, friend, son and lover, and in each of these pastimes He plays fully by the potency of  yogamāyā , the internal potency. He plays exactly like an equal friend with the cowherd boys or even with friends like Arjuna. He plays exactly like a son in the presence of Yaśodāmātā, He plays exactly like a lover in the presence of the cowherd damsels, and He plays exactly like a husband in the presence of the queens of Dvārakā. Such devotees of the Lord never think of the Lord as the Supreme, but think of Him exactly as a common friend, a pet son or a lover or husband very much dear to heart and soul. That is the relation between the Lord and His transcendental devotees, who act as His associates in the spiritual sky