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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 1]
the heart disease of the conditioned soul, will be vanquished, and he will become a most exalted devotee of the Lord. If one who hears of the  gopīs ' lusty behavior with Kṛṣṇa becomes free from lusty desires, certainly the  gopīs  who approached Kṛṣṇa became free from all such desires. Similarly, Śiśupāla and others who were very much envious of Kṛṣṇa and who constantly thought of Kṛṣṇa became free from envy. Nanda Mahārāja and mother Yaśodā were fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of affection. When the mind is somehow or other fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, the material part is very soon vanquished, and the spiritual part—attraction to Kṛṣṇa—becomes manifest. This indirectly confirms that if one thinks of Kṛṣṇa enviously, simply because of thinking of Kṛṣṇa he becomes free from all sinful reactions and thus becomes a pure devotee. Examples of this are given in the following verse.
TEXT 31
गोप्यः कामाद्भयात्कंसो द्वेषाञ्चैद्यादयो नृपाः । सम्बन्धाद् वृष्णयः स्नेहाद्यूयं भक्त्या वयं विभो ॥३१॥
gopyaḥ kāmād bhayāt kaṁso dveṣāc caidyādayo nṛpāḥ sambandhād vṛṣṇayaḥ snehād yūyaṁ bhaktyā vayaṁ vibho
gopyaḥ —the  gopīs ;  kāmāt —out of lusty desires;  bhayāt —out of fear;  kaṁsaḥ —King Kaṁsa;  dveṣāt —out of envy;  caidya-ādayaḥ —Śiśupāla and others;  nṛpāḥ —kings;  sambandhāt —out of kinship;  vṛṣṇayaḥ —the Vṛṣṇis or the Yādavas;  snehāt —out of affection;  yūyaṁ —you (the Pāṇḍavas);  bhaktyā —by devotional service;  vayaṁ —we;  vibho —O great King.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the  gopīs  by their lusty desires, Kaṁsa by his fear, Śiśupāla and other kings by envy, the Yadus by their familial relationship with Kṛṣṇa, you Pāṇḍavas by your great affection for Kṛṣṇa, and we, the general devotees, by our devotional service, have obtained the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.