Summary Description of Lord Krsna’s Pastimes 343

After enjoying fully amongst themselves, the queens and Lord Krsna
would come out of the water, and their wet garments, which were very
valuable, would be given up by them to be taken away by the professional
singers and dancers. These singers and dancers had no other means of
subsistence than the rewards of valuable garments and ornaments left by
the queens and kings on such occasions. The whole system of society was
so well planned that all the members of society in their different positions
as brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas, and sidras had no difficulty in earning
their livelihood. There was no competition among the divisions of society.
The original conception of the caste system was so planned that one group
of men engaged in a particular type of occupation would not compete with
another group of men engaged in a different occupation.

In this way, Lord Krsna used to enjoy the company of His sixteen
thousand wives. Devotees of the Lord who want to love the Supreme
Personality of Godhead in the mellow of conjugal love are elevated to the
position of becoming wives of Krsna, and Krsna also keeps them always
attached to Him by His kind behavior. Krsna’s behavior with His wives, His
movements, His talking with them, His smiling, His embracing, and similar
other activities just like a loving husband kept them always very much
attached to Him. That is the highest perfection of life. If someone remains
always attached to Krsna, it is to be understood that he is liberated, and
his life is successful. With any devotee who loves Krsna with his heart and
soul, Krsna reciprocates in such a way that the devotee cannot remain
unattached to Him. The reciprocal dealings of Krsna and His devotees are
so attractive that a devotee cannot think of any subject matter other than
Krsna.

For all the queens, Krsna only was their worshipable objective. They
were always absorbed in thought of Krsna, the lotus-eyed and beautifully
blackish Personality of Godhead. Sometimes, in thought of Krsna, they
remained silent, and in great ecstasy of bhava and anubhava they sometimes
spoke as if in delirium. Sometimes, even in the presence of Lord Krsna,
they vividly described the pastimes they had enjoyed in the lake or in the
river with Him. Some of such talk may be described here.

One of the queens said to the bird kurari, ““My dear kurari, now it is
very late at night. Everyone is sleeping. The whole world is now calm and
peaceful. At this time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is sleeping,
although His knowledge is undisturbed by any circumstance. Then why
are you not sleeping? Why are you lamenting like this throughout the
whole night? My dear friend, is it that you are also attracted by the lotus
eyes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by His sweet smiling and
