Text 42] Lord Caitanya Meets Vallabha Bhatta 23

SYNONYMS
gopi-ganera—of the gopis; suddha-prema—unalloyed love; aisvarya-jfdna-
hina—devoid of knowledge of opulences; premete—of pure love; bhartsana—
chastisement; kare—do; ei—this; tara—of that; cihna—the symptom.

TRANSLATION

“Obsessed with pure love, without knowledge of opulences, the gopis
sometimes chastised Krsna. That is a symptom of pure ecstatic love.

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pati-sutanvaya-bhratr-bandhavan
ativilanghya te ‘nty acyutagatah

gati-vidas tavodgita-mohitah
kitava yositah kas tyajen nisi

SYNONYMS

pati—husbands; suta—sons; anvaya—family; bhratr—brothers; bandhavan—
friends; ativilanghya—without caring for; te—Your; anti—dear shelter; acyuta—
O infallible one; agatah—have come; gati-vidah—who know everything of our
activities; tava—of You; udgita—by the singing flute; mohitah—being attracted;
kitava—O great cheater; yositah—beautiful women; kah—who; tyajet—would
give up; nisi—in the dead of night.

TRANSLATION

““‘O dear Krsna, we gopis have neglected the order of our husbands, sons,
family, brothers and friends and have left their company to come to You. You
know everything about our desires. We have come only because we are at-
tracted by the supreme music of Your flute. But You are a great cheater, for
who else would give up the company of young girls like us in the dead of
night?’

PURPORT
This verse is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.31.16).
