250 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 24
Vrndavana is especially to be noted. That relationship is described in this
verse by the words nityotsavarh na tatrpur drsibhih pibantyah. The in-
habitants of Vrndavana especially, such as the cowherd boys, the cows,
the calves, the gopis and Krsna’s father and mother, were never fully
satisfied, although they saw Krsna’s beautiful features constantly. Seeing
Krsna is described here as nitya-utsava, a daily festival. The inhabitants
of Vrndavana saw Krsna almost every moment, but when Krsna left the
village for the pasturing grounds, where He tended the cows and calves,
the gopis were very much afflicted because they saw Krsna walking on
the sand and thought that Krsna’s lotus feet, which they dared not place
on their breasts because they thought their breasts not soft enough, were
being pierced by broken chips of stone. By even thinking of this, the
gopis were affected, and they cried at home. These gopis, who were
therefore the exalted friends of Krsna, saw Krsna constantly, but because
their eyelids disturbed their vision of Krsna, the gopis condemned the
creator, Lord Brahma. Therefore the beauty of Krsna, especially the
beauty of His face, is described here. At the end of the Ninth Canto, in
the Twenty-fourth Chapter, we find a hint of Krsna’s beauty. Now we
are proceeding to the Tenth Canto, which is considered Krsna’s head.
The entire Srimad-Bhagavata Purdna is the embodiment of Krsna’s
form, and the Tenth Canto is His face. This verse gives a hint of how
beautiful His face is. Krsna’s smiling face, with His cheeks, His lips, the
ornaments in His ears, His chewing of betel nuts—all this was minutely
observed by the gopis, who thus enjoyed transcendental bliss, so much so
that they were never fully satisfied to see Krsna’s face, but instead con-
demned the creator of the body for making eyelids that obstructed their
vision. The beauty of Krsna’s face was therefore much more appreciated
by the gopis than by His friends the cowherd boys or even by Yasoda
Mata, who was also interested in decorating the face of Krsna.
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