42 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

the heart disease of the conditioned soul, will be vanquished, and he will
become a most exalted devotee of the Lord. If one who hears of the gopis’
lusty behavior with Krsna becomes free from lusty desires, certainly the
gopis who approached Krsna became free from all such desires.

Similarly, Sigupala and others who were very much envious of Krsna and
who constantly thought of Krsna became free from envy. Nanda
Maharaja and mother Yasoda were fully absorbed in Krsna consciousness
because of affection. When the mind is somehow or other fully absorbed
in Krsna, the material part is very soon vanquished, and the spiritual
part—attraction to Krsna—becomes manifest. This indirectly confirms
that if one thinks of Krsna enviously, simply because of thinking of
Krsna he becomes free from all sinful reactions and thus becomes a pure
devotee. Examples of this are given in the following verse.

TEXT 31
TNT AK AHA STATA TM: |
TETAS TUT: BETA AAA TH HATA

gopyah kamad bhayat karnso
dvesac caidyddayo nrpah

sambandhad vrsnayah snehad
yityam bhaktyad vayar vibho

gopyah—the gopis; kiémat—out of lusty desires; bhayat—out of fear;
karnsah—King Karnsa; dvesdt—out of envy; caidya-ddayah—Sigupila
and others; nrpah—kings; sambandhat—out of kinship; vrsnayah—the
Vrsnis or the Yadavas; snehat—out of affection; yiiyam—you (the Pan-
davas); bhaktya—by devotional service; vayam—we; vibho—O great
King.

TRANSLATION

My dear King Yudhisthira, the gopis by their lusty desires,
Karnsa by his fear, Sisupala and other kings by envy, the Yadus by
their familial relationship with Krsna, you Pandavas by your great
affection for Krsna, and we, the general devotees, by our devo-
tional service, have obtained the mercy of Krsna.
