382 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 19

SYNONYMS

pati—husbands; suta—sons; anvaya—family; bhratr—brothers; bandhavan—
friends; ativilanghya—without caring for; te—Your; anti—dear shelter; acyuta—
O infallible one; a4gatah—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

“‘Dear Krsna, neglecting the order of our husbands and sons, family,
brothers and friends and leaving their company, we gopis have come to You.
You know everything about our desires. We have only come because we are
attracted by Your supremely musical flute. However, You are a great cheater.
Who else would give up the company of young girls like us in the dead of
night?’

PURPORT

This verse, quoted from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.31.16), describes how the
gopis exposed themselves for Krsna’s enjoyment in the dead of night. The gopis
approached Krsna to enjoy themselves with Him in the rasa dance. Krsna knew
this very well, but He was superficially trying to avoid them. He is therefore ad-
dressed by the gopis as kitava, a great cheater, because He first attracted them to
come dance with Him, and yet when they actually came, neglecting the orders of
their friends and relatives, He tried to avoid them by giving them good instruc-
tions. These cunning instructions were too much for the gopis to tolerate; they
therefore had a right to address Krsna as kitava, a great cheater. They were all
young girls, and they had come to Him to be enjoyed. How could He avoid them?
The gopis therefore expressed great disappointment in this verse. They came
voluntarily, but Krsna was so cunning that He wanted to avoid their company.
The gopis’ Jamentation was certainly very appropriate, and in this way Krsna
tested their sincerity.

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santa-rase — ‘svarupa-buddhye krsnaika-nisthata’
“samo man-nisthata buddheh” iti sri-mukha-gatha

SYNONYMS

santa-rase—on the stage of sdnta-rasa, or neutrality; svartjpa-buddhye—by
self-realization; krsna-eka-nisthata—fully devoted to the lotus feet of Krsna;
