Texts 11-12] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka 523

beloved cowherd girl, is beyond expression. Once they met at Kuruksetra
during a solar eclipse, and the feeling which was expressed by them is
heartrending. There is, of course, a difference in the qualities of the
transcendental devotees of the Lord, but none of them who have ever
contacted the Lord by direct communion or otherwise can leave Him for a
moment. That is the attitude of the pure devotee.

TEXTS 11-12
MARTH ARI ed aera Ta: |
Haar Ta Te TAH U2 21
afer: qua: aaed faee Bay |
aaaeagarrararaaa: Neh

satsangan mukta-duhsango
hatum notsahate budhah
kirtyamanam yaso yasya
sakrd adkarnya rocanam
tasmin nyasta dhiyah parthah
saheran viraham katham
dargana-s parsa-samldpa-
Sayandsana-bhojanaih

satsangat—by association of pure devotees; mukta-duhsangah—freed
from bad materialistic association; hatum—to give up; na utsahate—never
attempts; budhah—one who has understood the Lord; kirtyamanam—
glorifying; yasah—fame; yasya—whose; sakrt—once only; akarnya—hearing
only; rocanam—pleasing; tasmin—unto Him; nyasta-dhiyah—one who has
given up his mind unto Him; parthah—the sons of Prtha; saheran—can
tolerate; viraham—separation; katham—how; darsana—seeing eye to eye;
sparsa—touching; samlapa—conversing; sayana—sleeping; dsana—sitting;
bhojanaih— dining together.

TRANSLATION

The intelligent, who have understood the Supreme Lord in association
with pure devotees and have become freed from bad materialistic associa-
tion, can never avoid hearing the glories of the Lord, even though they
have heard them only once. How, then, could the Pandavas tolerate His
separation, for they had been intimately associated with His person,
seeing Him eye to eye, touching Him, conversing with Him, and sleeping,
sitting and dining with Him?
