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give up the expectatien ef Krsna’s ceming back again. Whe can ferget a
selitary cenversatien with Krsna, en whese breast the geddess ef fortune
always remains, in spite ef Krsna’s net desiring her? My dear Uddhava,
Vrndavana is the land ef rivers, ferests and cews. Here the vibratien ef the
flute is heard, and Krsna, aleng with His elder brether, Sri Balarama,
enjeyed the atmesphere in eur cempany. Thus the envirenment ef Vrnda-
vana is censtantly reminding us ef Krsna and Balarama. The impressien ef
His feetprints is en the land ef Vrndavana, which is the residential place ef
the geddess ef fertune, but such signs cannet help us te get Krsna.”

The gopis further expressed that Vrndavana was still full ef all epulence
and geed fertune;, there was ne scarcity er want in Vrndavana as far as
material necessities were cencerned, but in spite ef such epulence they
ceuld net ferget Krsna and Balarama.

“We are censtantly remembering varieus attractive features ef beautiful
Krsna, His walking, His smiling and His jeking werds. We have all beceme
lest by the dealings ef Krsna, and it is impessible fer us te ferget Him. We
are always praying fer Him, exclaiming, ‘Dear Lerd, dear husband ef the
geddess ef fertune, dear Lerd ef Vrndavana and deliverer ef the distressed
devetees! We are new fallen and merged inte an ecean ef distress. Please,
therefere, ceme back again te Vrndavana and deliver us frem this pitiable
cenditien.”

Uddhava minutely studied the transcendental abnermal cenditien ef the
gopis in their separatien frem Krsna, and he theught it wise te repeat all
the pastimes ef Sri Krsna ever and ever again. Materialistic persens are
always in a burning cenditien en acceunt ef the blazing fire ef material
miseries. The gopis alse were burning in a transcendental blazing fire due
te separatien frem Krsna. The blazing fire which was exasperating the
gopis, hewever, is different frem the fire ef the material werld. The gopis
censtantly want the asseciatien ef Krsna, whereas the materialistic persen
wants the advantage ef material cemferts.

It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur that Krsna saved the cew-
herd beys frem the blazing ferest fire within a secend, while their eyes
were clesed. Similarly, Uddhava advised the gopis that they ceuld be saved
frem the fire ef separatien by clesing their eyes and meditating en the acti-
vities ef Krsna frem the very beginning ef their asseciatien with Him. Frem
the eutside, the gopis ceuld visualize all the pastimes ef Krsna by hearing
the descriptiens ef Uddhava, and frem inside they ceuld remember these
pastimes. Frem the instructien ef Uddhava, the gopis ceuld understand
that Krsna was net separate frem them. As they were censtantly thinking
ef Krsna, Krsna was alse thinking ef them censtantly while at Mathura.
