Text 158] Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes 297
TEXT 158
wae “eafaaifawi farts
A ASF AASLAAAA: |
faced BtMaIes-cAlaw:
AAs ASFA SALAAM’ f dev I
evam Sasankamsu-virajita nisah
sa satya-kamo ‘nuratabala-ganah
siseva atmany avaruddha-sauratah
sarvah sarat-kavya-katha-rasasrayah
SYNONYMS
evam—thus; SasafAka-amsu—with rays of moonshine; virajitah —beautifully ex-
isting; nisdh—nights; sah—He; satya-kamali—the Absolute Truth; anurata—to
whom are attracted; abala-ganah—women; siseva—performed; atmani—in His
own self; avaruddha-sauratah —His transcendental erotic love was checked; sar-
vah—all; sarat—in autumn; kavya—poetic; katha—words; rasa-asrayah—full of
all transcendental mellows.
TRANSLATION
“ ‘Lord Sri Krsna, who is the Absolute Truth, enjoyed His rasa dance every
night during the autumn season. He performed this dance in the moonlight
and with full transcendental mellows. He used poetic words and surrounded
Himself with women who were very much attracted to Him.’
PURPORT
This verse is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.33.26). The gopis are all
transcendental spirit souls. One should never think that the gopis and Krsna have
material bodies. Vrndavana-dhama is also a spiritual abode, and there the days
and nights, the trees, flowers, water and everything else are spiritual. There is not
even a trace of material contamination. Krsna, who is the Supreme Brahman and
Supersoul, is not at all interested in anything material. His activities with the gopis
are all spiritual and take place within the spiritual world. They have nothing to do
with the material world. Lord Krsna’s lusty desires and all His dealings with the
gopis are on the spiritual platform. One has to be transcendentaily realized before
even considering relishing the pastimes of Krsna with the gopis. One who is on
the mundane platform must first purify himself by following the regulative prin-
ciples. Only then can he try to understand Krsna and the gopis. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu and Svardipa Damodara Gosvami are here taiking about the relation-
ship between Krsna and the gopis: therefore the subject matter is neither mun-
