Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.001*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
taṃ vīkṣya kṛṣṇānucaraṃ vraja-striyaḥ / pralamba-bāhuṃ nava-kañja-locanam pītāmbaraṃ puṣkara-mālinaṃ lasan- / mukhāravindaṃ parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: The women of Vraja saw Kṛṣṇa's attendant, whose arms were long, whose eyes resembled fresh lotuses, and who wore yellow garments and a lotus garland. His lotus face shone, and his polished earrings gleamed.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.002*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
su-vismitāḥ ko 'yam apīvya-darśanaḥ / kutaś ca kasyācyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇaḥ iti sma sarvāḥ parivavrur utsukās / tam uttamaḥ-śloka-padāmbujāśrayam
English translation
Greatly astonished, they wondered, 'Who is this handsome man? Where has he come from, and to whom does he belong? He wears clothing and ornaments like Acyuta's.' Eagerly they all surrounded Uddhava, who had taken shelter at Uttamaḥśloka's lotus feet.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.003
taṃ praśrayeṇāvanatāḥ su-sat-kṛtaṃ sa-vrīḍa-hāsekṣaṇa-sūnṛtādibhiḥ / rahasy apṛcchann upaviṣṭam āsane vijñāya sandeśa-haraṃ ramā-pateḥ
English translation
Bowing modestly, the gopīs honored him with shy smiles, glances, and gentle words. Recognizing him as the messenger of Lakṣmī's Lord, they seated him comfortably and questioned him in private.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.004
jānīmas tvāṃ yadu-pateḥ pārṣadaṃ samupāgatam / bhartreha preṣitaḥ pitror bhavān priya-cikīrṣayā
English translation
'We know that you are an associate of the Yadu ruler. Your master has sent you here because you desire to bring happiness to His parents.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.005
anyathā go-vraje tasya smaraṇīyaṃ na cakṣmahe / snehānubandho bandhūnāṃ muner api su-dustyajaḥ
English translation
'Otherwise, we cannot imagine anything in this cowherd settlement that He would consider worth remembering. Yet attachment to relatives is extremely difficult to abandon even for a sage.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.006
anyeṣv artha-kṛtā maitrī yāvad-artha-viḍambanam / pumbhiḥ strīṣu kṛtā yadvat sumanaḥsv iva ṣaṭpadaiḥ
English translation
'Friendship toward outsiders lasts only as long as some benefit is gained, just as men's interest in women lasts while pleasure is obtained and bees remain with flowers while nectar is available.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.007
niḥsvaṃ tyajanti gaṇikā akalpaṃ nṛpatiṃ prajāḥ / adhīta-vidyā ācāryam ṛtvijo datta-dakṣiṇam
English translation
'Courtesans abandon a penniless man; subjects abandon an incapable king; students leave their teacher after completing their studies; and officiating priests leave the patron once they receive their fee.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.008
khagā vīta-phalaṃ vṛkṣaṃ bhuktvā cātithayo gṛham / dagdhaṃ mṛgās tathāraṇyaṃ jārā bhuktvā ratāṃ striyam
English translation
'Birds leave a tree when its fruit is gone, guests leave a home after eating, deer leave a forest that has burned, and a lover leaves the woman he has enjoyed.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.009
iti gopyo hi govinde gata-vāk-kāya-mānasāḥ / kṛṣṇa-dūte samāyāte uddhave tyakta-laukikāḥ
English translation
Having abandoned ordinary worldly concerns, the gopīs had offered their speech, bodies, and minds entirely to Govinda. Now Uddhava, Kṛṣṇa's messenger, had arrived.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.010
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
gāyantyaḥ priya-karmāṇi rudantyaś ca gata-hriyaḥ / tasya saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya yāni kaiśora-bālyayoḥ
English translation
Remembering again and again the beloved deeds Kṛṣṇa had performed in childhood and adolescence, they sang of them and wept, no longer restrained by shyness.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.011
kācin madhukaraṃ dṛṣṭvā dhyāyantī kṛṣṇa-saṅgamam / priya-prasthāpitaṃ dūtaṃ kalpayitvedam abravīt
English translation
One gopī, meditating upon union with Kṛṣṇa, saw a bumblebee. Imagining it to be a messenger sent by her beloved, she addressed it as follows.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.012*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: gopy uvāca
gopy uvāca madhupa kitava-bandho mā spṛśāṅghriṃ sapatnyāḥ / kuca-vilulita-mālā-kuṅkuma-śmaśrubhir naḥ vahatu madhu-patis tan-māninīnāṃ prasādaṃ / yadu-sadasi viḍambyaṃ yasya dūtas tvam īdṛk
English translation
The gopī said: O honeybee, friend of a deceiver, do not touch our feet with your whiskers stained by the kuṅkuma from the garland crushed against the breasts of our rival. Let the Lord of Madhu seek the favor of those proud women in the Yadu court. A messenger like you is indeed fit for one who mocks us.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.013*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
sakṛd adhara-sudhāṃ svāṃ mohinīṃ pāyayitvā / sumanasa iva sadyas tatyaje 'smān bhavādṛk paricarati kathaṃ tat-pāda-padmaṃ nu padmā / hy api bata hṛta-cetā hy uttamaḥ-śloka-jalpaiḥ
English translation
After letting us drink only once the bewildering nectar of His lips, He immediately abandoned us, just as you abandon a flower. How can Padmā continue serving His lotus feet? Alas, she too must have lost her judgment beneath Uttamaḥśloka's charming words.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.014*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
kim iha bahu ṣaḍ-aṅghre gāyasi tvaṃ yadūnām / adhipatim agṛhāṇām agrato naḥ purāṇam vijaya-sakha-sakhīnāṃ gīyatāṃ tat-prasaṅgaḥ / kṣapita-kuca-rujas te kalpayantīṣṭam iṣṭāḥ
English translation
Six-legged one, why sing so much before us homeless women about that ancient Lord of the Yadus? Sing His glories instead to Arjuna's companion's new women friends. They will satisfy your desires, for He has relieved the pain within their breasts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.015*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
divi bhuvi ca rasāyāṃ kāḥ striyas tad-durāpāḥ / kapaṭa-rucira-hāsa-bhrū-vijṛmbhasya yāḥ syuḥ caraṇa-raja upāste yasya bhūtir vayaṃ kā / api ca kṛpaṇa-pakṣe hy uttamaḥ-śloka-śabdaḥ
English translation
What women in heaven, on earth, or beneath it could remain beyond His reach when He displays His deceptive, enchanting smile and the play of His brows? The goddess of fortune worships the dust of His feet, so what are we? Still, He bears the name Uttamaḥśloka because He takes the side of the wretched.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.016*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
visṛja śirasi pādaṃ vedmy ahaṃ cātu-kārair / anunaya-viduṣas te 'bhyetya dautyair mukundāt sva-kṛta iha visṛṣṭāpatya-paty-anya-lokā / vyasṛjad akṛta-cetāḥ kiṃ nu sandheyam asmin
English translation
Take your foot away from my head. I know you are skilled in conciliation and have come from Mukunda with flattering messages. For His sake we abandoned children, husbands, and everyone else, yet that ungrateful one abandoned us. What reconciliation can there be with Him?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.017*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
mṛgayur iva kapīndraṃ vivyadhe lubdha-dharmā / striyam akṛta virūpāṃ strī-jitaḥ kāma-yānām balim api balim attvāveṣṭayad dhvāṅkṣa-vad yas / tad alam asita-sakhyair dustyajas tat-kathārthaḥ
English translation
As Rāma He cruelly shot the monkey king like a hunter. Ruled by a woman, He disfigured another woman who approached Him in desire. As Vāmana He accepted Bali's gift and then bound him like a crow that pecks the hand feeding it. Enough friendship with the dark-complexioned one! Yet the meaning of His stories is impossible to abandon.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.018*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
yad-anucarita-līlā-karṇa-pīyūṣa-vipruṭ- / sakṛd-adana-vidhūta-dvandva-dharmā vinaṣṭāḥ sapadi gṛha-kuṭumbaṃ dīnam utsṛjya dīnā / bahava iha vihaṅgā bhikṣu-caryāṃ caranti
English translation
Many people taste only once a drop of the ear-nectar of His attendant's accounts of His play and are freed from the pull of worldly dualities. Ruined for ordinary life, they at once abandon their wretched homes and families and, themselves destitute, wander like birds living by alms.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.019*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
vayam ṛtam iva jihma-vyāhṛtaṃ śraddadhānāḥ / kulika-rutam ivājñāḥ kṛṣṇa-vadhvo hariṇyaḥ dadṛśur asakṛd etat tan-nakha-sparśa-tīvra / smara-ruja upamantrin bhaṇyatām anya-vārtā
English translation
Like foolish does who trust a hunter's song, we, Kṛṣṇa's women, believed His crooked words to be true. Again and again we have experienced the violent pain of desire awakened by the touch of His nails. O messenger, speak of something else.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.020*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
priya-sakha punar āgāḥ preyasā preṣitaḥ kiṃ / varaya kim anurundhe mānanīyo 'si me 'ṅga nayasi katham ihāsmān dustyaja-dvandva-pārśvaṃ / satatam urasi saumya śrīr vadhūḥ sākam āste
English translation
Dear friend, have you returned because my beloved sent you again? Choose a boon; you are worthy of honor. But how can you take us to His side, from which His inseparable bride Śrī never departs, always dwelling upon His chest?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.021*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
api bata madhu-puryām ārya-putro 'dhunāste / smarati sa pitṛ-gehān saumya bandhūṃś ca gopān kvacid api sa kathā naḥ kiṅkarīṇāṃ gṛṇīte / bhujam aguru-sugandhaṃ mūrdhny adhāsyat kadā nu
English translation
Gentle bee, does our noble beloved now live in Mathurā? Does He remember His father's home, His relatives, and the cowherds? Does He ever speak of us, His maidservants? When will He place upon our heads His arm fragrant with aguru?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.022
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
athoddhavo niśamyaivaṃ kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ / sāntvayan priya-sandeśair gopīr idam abhāṣata
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Hearing the gopīs speak in this way, longing for the sight of Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava consoled them with their beloved's messages and addressed them.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.023
Speaker: śrī-uddhava uvāca
aho yūyaṃ sma pūrṇārthā bhavatyo loka-pūjitāḥ / vāsudeve bhagavati yāsām ity arpitaṃ manaḥ
English translation
Śrī Uddhava said: Ah, you have fulfilled the entire purpose of life and are worshiped by the world, for your minds have been offered to Bhagavān Vāsudeva in this way.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.024
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
dāna-vrata-tapo-homa-japa-svādhyāya-saṃyamaiḥ / śreyobhir vividhaiś cānyaiḥ kṛṣṇe bhaktir hi sādhyate
English translation
Devotion to Kṛṣṇa is the goal attained by charity, vows, austerity, sacrifice, mantra recitation, Vedic study, self-control, and every other auspicious discipline.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.025
bhagavaty uttamaḥ-śloke bhavatībhir anuttamā / bhaktiḥ pravartitā diṣṭyā munīnām api durlabhā
English translation
By providence you have awakened unsurpassed devotion to Bhagavān Uttamaḥśloka, devotion difficult even for sages to attain.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.026
diṣṭyā putrān patīn dehān sva-janān bhavanāni ca / hitvāvṛnīta yūyaṃ yat kṛṣṇākhyaṃ puruṣaṃ param
English translation
How fortunate that you left sons, husbands, bodies, relatives, and homes and chose the Supreme Person known as Kṛṣṇa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.027
sarvātma-bhāvo 'dhikṛto bhavatīnām adhokṣaje / viraheṇa mahā-bhāgā mahān me 'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ
English translation
Greatly fortunate ladies, separation has established in you complete absorption in Adhokṣaja. By witnessing it, I have received the greatest mercy.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.028
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
śrūyatāṃ priya-sandeśo bhavatīnāṃ sukhāvahaḥ / yam ādāyāgato bhadrā ahaṃ bhartuḥ rahas-karaḥ
English translation
Auspicious ladies, now hear your beloved's message, which will bring you happiness. I am your Lord's confidential servant, and I have brought it here.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.029
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
Speaker: śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca bhavatīnāṃ viyogo me na hi sarvātmanā kvacit / yathā bhūtāni bhūteṣu khaṃ vāyv-agnir jalaṃ mahī / tathāhaṃ ca manaḥ-prāṇa-bhūtendriya-guṇāśrayaḥ
English translation
Śrī Bhagavān said: You are never separated from Me in any respect. Just as ether, air, fire, water, and earth exist within all created things, I abide as the foundation of mind, life, the elements, senses, and qualities.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.030
ātmany evātmanātmānaṃ sṛje hanmy anupālaye / ātma-māyānubhāvena bhūtendriya-guṇātmanā
English translation
Within Myself, by Myself, I create, protect, and destroy Myself through the power of My own māyā, manifesting as the elements, senses, and qualities.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.031
ātmā jñāna-mayaḥ śuddho vyatirikto 'guṇānvayaḥ / suṣupti-svapna-jāgradbhir māyā-vṛttibhir īyate
English translation
The Self is pure consciousness, distinct from material qualities though present with them. It appears to pass through the operations of māyā called deep sleep, dreaming, and wakefulness.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.032
yenendriyārthān dhyāyeta mṛṣā svapna-vad utthitaḥ / tan nirundhyād indriyāṇi vinidraḥ pratyapadyata
English translation
Upon awakening, one should restrain the mind by which one contemplated sense objects that were false like a dream, and should also restrain the senses.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.033
etad-antaḥ samāmnāyo yogaḥ sāṅkhyaṃ manīṣiṇām / tyāgas tapo damaḥ satyaṃ samudrāntā ivāpagāḥ
English translation
The Vedic revelation, yoga, Sāṅkhya, renunciation, austerity, sense control, and truthfulness all culminate in this, just as rivers end in the ocean.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.034
yat tv ahaṃ bhavatīnāṃ vai dūre varte priyo dṛśām / manasaḥ sannikarṣārthaṃ mad-anudhyāna-kāmyayā
English translation
Although I am dear to your eyes, I remain far away so that your minds may draw nearer to Me through the longing for constant meditation upon Me.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.035
yathā dūra-care preṣṭhe mana āviśya vartate / strīṇāṃ ca na tathā cetaḥ sannikṛṣṭe 'kṣi-gocare
English translation
When the beloved is far away, women's minds remain absorbed in him more deeply than when he is nearby and visible to their eyes.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.036
mayy āveśya manaḥ kṛtsnaṃ vimuktāśeṣa-vṛtti yat / anusmarantyo māṃ nityam acirān mām upaiṣyatha
English translation
Fix your whole minds upon Me, free from every remaining movement, and remember Me constantly. Before long you will attain Me.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.037
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
yā mayā krīḍatā rātryāṃ vane 'smin vraja āsthitāḥ / alabdha-rāsāḥ kalyāṇyo mām āpur mad-vīrya-cintayā
English translation
Those auspicious women who remained in Vraja that night and could not join My play and the rāsa dance attained Me by meditating upon My divine power.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.038
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṃ priyatamādiṣṭam ākarṇya vraja-yoṣitaḥ / tā ūcur uddhavaṃ prītās tat-sandeśāgata-smṛtīḥ
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Hearing the message entrusted by their dearest beloved, the women of Vraja remembered Him anew. Delighted, they addressed Uddhava.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.039
Speaker: gopya ūcuḥ
diṣṭyāhito hataḥ kaṃso yadūnāṃ sānugo 'gha-kṛt / diṣṭyāptair labdha-sarvārthaiḥ kuśaly āste 'cyuto 'dhunā
English translation
The gopīs said: By good fortune hostile Kaṃsa, the afflicter of the Yadus, has been killed with his followers. By good fortune Acyuta now lives safely among His loved ones, all their purposes fulfilled.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.040
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
kaccid gadāgrajaḥ saumya karoti pura-yoṣitām / prītiṃ naḥ snigdha-savrīḍa-hāsodārekṣaṇārcitaḥ
English translation
Gentle Uddhava, does Gadāgraja now delight the women of the city, honored by their affectionate, shy smiles and expansive glances, just as He once delighted us?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.041
kathaṃ rati-viśeṣa-jñaḥ priyaś ca pura-yoṣitām / nānubadhyeta tad-vākyair vibhramaiś cānubhājitaḥ
English translation
How could He, expert in every nuance of love and dear to the city women, fail to become bound by their words, charms, and attentions?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.042
api smarati naḥ sādho govindaḥ prastute kvacit / goṣṭhi-madhye pura-strīṇām grāmyāḥ svaira-kathāntare
English translation
Saintly Uddhava, when Govinda converses among the city women, does He ever happen to remember us rustic girls during their free and intimate talk?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.043*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
tāḥ kiṃ niśāḥ smarati yāsu tadā priyābhir / vṛndāvane kumuda-kunda-śaśāṅka-ramye reme kvaṇac-caraṇa-nūpura-rāsa-goṣṭhyām / asmābhir īḍita-manojña-kathaḥ kadācit
English translation
Does He remember those nights in Vṛndāvana, beautiful with night-blooming lilies, jasmine, and moonlight, when He enjoyed the rāsa assembly with His beloveds, our ankle bells ringing as we praised His enchanting deeds?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.044
apy eṣyatīha dāśārhas taptāḥ sva-kṛtayā śucā / sañjīvayan nu no gātrair yathendro vanam ambudaiḥ
English translation
Will the Dāśārha return here and revive us, scorched by the grief He caused, by the touch of His limbs, as Indra revives a forest with rain clouds?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.045
kasmāt kṛṣṇa ihāyāti prāpta-rājyo hatāhitaḥ / narendra-kanyā udvāhya prītaḥ sarva-suhṛd-vṛtaḥ
English translation
Why would Kṛṣṇa come here? He has gained His kingdom, killed His enemies, married royal princesses, and now lives happily surrounded by all His friends.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.046
kim asmābhir vanaukobhir anyābhir vā mahātmanaḥ / śrī-pater āpta-kāmasya kriyetārthaḥ kṛtātmanaḥ
English translation
What purpose could we forest dwellers, or any other women, serve for that great soul, the self-satisfied Lord of Śrī whose every desire is fulfilled?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.047
paraṃ saukhyaṃ hi nairāśyaṃ svairiṇy apy āha piṅgalā / taj jānatīnāṃ naḥ kṛṣṇe tathāpy āśā duratyayā
English translation
Freedom from expectation is indeed the highest happiness, as even the courtesan Piṅgalā declared. We know this, yet our hope for Kṛṣṇa is impossible to overcome.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.048
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
ka utsaheta santyaktum uttamaḥ-śloka-saṃvidam / anicchato 'pi yasya śrīr aṅgān na cyavate kvacit
English translation
Who could bear to abandon intimate conversation about Uttamaḥśloka, from whose body Śrī never departs even though He is unattached to her?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.049
saric-chaila-vanoddeśā gāvo veṇu-ravā ime / saṅkarṣaṇa-sahāyena kṛṣṇenācaritāḥ prabho
English translation
My lord, these rivers, mountains, forests, cows, and flute melodies were all enjoyed by Kṛṣṇa together with Saṅkarṣaṇa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.050
punaḥ punaḥ smārayanti nanda-gopa-sutaṃ bata / śrī-niketais tat-padakair vismartuṃ naiva śaknumaḥ
English translation
Again and again they remind us of Nanda's son. Because these places bear His footprints, the abodes of Śrī, we can never forget Him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.051
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
gatyā lalitayodāra-hāsa-līlāvalokanaiḥ / mādhvyā girā hṛta-dhiyaḥ kathaṃ taṃ vismarāma he
English translation
He stole our minds with His graceful gait, generous laughter, playful glances, and honeyed speech. Alas, how could we ever forget Him?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.052
he nātha he ramā-nātha vraja-nāthārti-nāśana / magnam uddhara govinda gokulaṃ vṛjinārṇavāt
English translation
O Lord! O Lord of Ramā! O Lord of Vraja and destroyer of its distress! Govinda, lift Gokula, now submerged in an ocean of sorrow.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.053
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
tatas tāḥ kṛṣṇa-sandeśair vyapeta-viraha-jvarāḥ / uddhavaṃ pūjayāṃ cakrur jñātvātmānam adhokṣajam
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: The messages from Kṛṣṇa relieved the gopīs' fever of separation. Recognizing Adhokṣaja as their very Self, they worshiped Uddhava.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.054
uvāsa katicin māsān gopīnāṃ vinudan śucaḥ / kṛṣṇa-līlā-kathāṃ gāyan ramayām āsa gokulam
English translation
Uddhava remained there for several months, dispelling the gopīs' grief. By singing narrations of Kṛṣṇa's divine play, he delighted all Gokula.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.055
yāvanty ahāni nandasya vraje 'vātsīt sa uddhavaḥ / vrajaukasāṃ kṣaṇa-prāyāṇy āsan kṛṣṇasya vārtayā
English translation
However many days Uddhava stayed in Nanda's Vraja, they seemed but moments to the residents because he continually spoke of Kṛṣṇa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.056
sarid-vana-giri-droṇīr vīkṣan kusumitān drumān / kṛṣṇaṃ saṃsmārayan reme hari-dāso vrajaukasām
English translation
Beholding the rivers, forests, mountain valleys, and flowering trees, Hari's servant reminded the people of Vraja of Kṛṣṇa and rejoiced with them.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.057
dṛṣṭvaivam-ādi gopīnāṃ kṛṣṇāveśātma-viklavam / uddhavaḥ parama-prītas tā namasyann idaṃ jagau
English translation
Seeing how the gopīs' very selves had become overwhelmed by absorption in Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava felt supreme delight. Bowing to them, he sang as follows.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.058*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
etāḥ paraṃ tanu-bhṛto bhuvi gopa-vadhvo / govinda eva nikhilātmani rūḍha-bhāvāḥ vāñchanti yad bhava-bhiyo munayo vayaṃ ca / kiṃ brahma-janmabhir ananta-kathā-rasasya
English translation
Among embodied beings upon earth, these cowherd women alone have perfected their lives, for their deep love rests exclusively in Govinda, the Self of all. Sages who fear material existence and we ourselves long for such love. What use is birth as a brāhmaṇa to one who has no taste for the endless Lord's stories?
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.059*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
kvemāḥ striyo vana-carīr vyabhicāra-duṣṭāḥ / kṛṣṇe kva caiṣa paramātmani rūḍha-bhāvaḥ nanv īśvaro 'nubhajato 'viduṣo 'pi sākṣāc / chreyas tanoty agada-rāja ivopayuktaḥ
English translation
How extraordinary that these forest-dwelling women, outwardly condemned for transgressing convention, possess such mature love for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Self! The Lord directly bestows the highest good even upon an ignorant worshiper, just as the sovereign medicine works even when its user does not understand it.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.060*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
nāyaṃ śriyo 'ṅga u nitānta-rateḥ prasādaḥ / svar-yoṣitāṃ nalina-gandha-rucāṃ kuto 'nyāḥ rāsotsave 'sya bhuja-daṇḍa-gṛhīta-kaṇṭha- / labdhāśiṣāṃ ya udagād vraja-vallabhīnām
English translation
At the rāsa festival the beloved women of Vraja received the blessing of His mighty arms around their necks. Such favor was never granted even to Śrī, though she is supremely devoted and rests upon His chest, nor to celestial women fragrant and radiant like lotuses, much less to others.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.061*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
āsām aho caraṇa-reṇu-juṣām ahaṃ syāṃ / vṛndāvane kim api gulma-latauṣadhīnām yā dustyajaṃ sva-janam ārya-pathaṃ ca hitvā / bhejur mukunda-padavīṃ śrutibhir vimṛgyām
English translation
Ah, may I become some shrub, vine, or herb in Vṛndāvana and receive the dust of these women's feet. They abandoned relatives so difficult to leave and the path of social propriety, and followed Mukunda's way, which the Vedas themselves seek.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.062*
Witness note: Starred reading in the GRETIL source
Facsimile correction: Reading verified against the controlled Gita Press Sanskrit mūla
yā vai śriyārcitam ajādibhir āpta-kāmair / yogeśvarair api yad ātmani rāsa-goṣṭhyām kṛṣṇasya tad bhagavataś caraṇāravindaṃ / nyastaṃ staneṣu vijahuḥ parirabhya tāpam
English translation
During the rāsa assembly the gopīs placed upon their breasts and embraced Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, thereby dispelling their anguish. Those feet are worshiped by Śrī, by self-satisfied Brahmā and the other gods, and by the masters of yoga within their hearts.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.063
vande nanda-vraja-strīṇāṃ pāda-reṇum abhīkṣṇaśaḥ / yāsāṃ hari-kathodgītaṃ punāti bhuvana-trayam
English translation
Again and again I bow to the dust of the feet of Nanda's cowherd women, whose loud songs of Hari's stories purify the three worlds.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.064
Speaker: śrī-śuka uvāca
atha gopīr anujñāpya yaśodāṃ nandam eva ca / gopān āmantrya dāśārho yāsyann āruruhe ratham
English translation
Śrī Śuka said: Then the Dāśārha asked permission from the gopīs, Yaśodā, and Nanda, bade farewell to the cowherds, and mounted his chariot to depart.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.065
taṃ nirgataṃ samāsādya nānopāyana-pāṇayaḥ / nandādayo 'nurāgeṇa prāvocann aśru-locanāḥ
English translation
As Uddhava came out, Nanda and the others approached him carrying many gifts. Their eyes filled with tears of affection, they addressed him.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.066
manaso vṛttayo naḥ syuḥ kṛṣṇa pādāmbujāśrayāḥ / vāco 'bhidhāyinīr nāmnāṃ kāyas tat-prahvaṇādiṣu
English translation
'May the movements of our minds always take shelter at Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, may our words always speak His names, and may our bodies always bow to Him and serve Him.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.067
karmabhir bhrāmyamāṇānāṃ yatra kvāpīśvarecchayā / maṅgalācaritair dānai ratir naḥ kṛṣṇa īśvare
English translation
'Wherever the Lord's will causes us to wander through our karma, may our auspicious conduct and charity nourish love for Lord Kṛṣṇa.'
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.068
evaṃ sabhājito gopaiḥ kṛṣṇa-bhaktyā narādhipa / uddhavaḥ punar āgacchan mathurāṃ kṛṣṇa-pālitām
English translation
O ruler of men, thus honored by the cowherds through their devotion to Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava returned to Mathurā, the city protected by Kṛṣṇa.
Original
Sanskrit
Source: BhP_10.47.069
kṛṣṇāya praṇipatyāha bhakty-udrekaṃ vrajaukasām / vasudevāya rāmāya rājñe copāyanāny adāt
English translation
He bowed to Kṛṣṇa and described the overflowing devotion of the residents of Vraja. He then presented their gifts to Vasudeva, Balarāma, and the king.