200 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

who cares for his own self-interest reposes all his loving spirit in You.
Persons who are simply misled by the external energy, who want to be
satisfied by false concepts, try to enjoy themselves apart from You.
The so-called husband, friend, son, daughter, or father and mother are all
simply sources of material misery. No one is made happy in this material
world by having a so-called father, mother, husband, son, daughter and
friend. Although the father and mother are expected to protect the
children, there are many children who are suffering for want of food and
shelter. There are many good physicians, but when a patient dies, no
physician can revive him. There are many means of protection, but when
one is doomed, none of the protective measures can help, and without
Your protection the so-called sources of protection simply become sources
of continued distress. We therefore appeal to You, dear Lord of all lords,
please do not kill our long-cherished desires to have You as our supreme
husband.

“Dear Krsna, as women, we are certainly satisfied when our hearts are
engaged in the activities of family affairs, but our hearts have already been
stolen by You. We can no longer engage them in family affairs. Besides
that, You are asking us repeatedly to return home, and that is a very
appropriate instruction, but unfortunately we have been stunned here.
Our legs have no power to move a step from Your lotus feet. Therefore,
if even at Your request we return home, what shall we do there? We have
lost all our capacity to act without You. Instead of engaging our hearts in
family affairs as women, we have now developed a different type of lust
which is continually blazing in our hearts. Now we request You, dear
Krsna, to extinguish that fire with Your beautiful smile and the transcen-
dental vibration emanating from Your lips. If You do not agree to do us
this favor, we shall certainly be burned in the fire of separation. In that
condition, we shall simply think of You and Your beautiful features and
give up our bodies immediately. In that way we think it will be possible
for us to reside at Your lotus feet in the next life. Dear Krsna, if You say
that if we go home our respective husbands will satisfy the lusty flame of
our desire, we can only say that that is no longer possible. You have given
us a chance to be enjoyed by You in the forest and have touched our
breasts once in the past, which we accepted as a blessing, as did the
goddesses of fortune, who are enjoyed in the Vaikunthalokas by You.
Since we have tasted this transcendental enjoyment, we are no longer
interested in going to anyone but You for the satisfaction of our lust.
Dear Krsna, the lotus feet of the goddess of fortune are always worshiped
by the demigods, although she is always resting on Your chest in the
