Absorbed in Hari's form, the desires of the gopis became transcendent. These daughters-in-law of the cowherds were indifferent to all else. Krishna assumed the forms of their husbands and consorted with each in her own home. He performed wonders according to each one's nature. Some saw Him as Hari, others as their child. The devotion of each was unique, and so His form appeared accordingly. They regarded their mantras to be the sounds of joking and teasing. Their ritual bath was the water splashed upon each other in play. They spread out their shawls and blankets beneath Him and seated the Lord of the Forest upon them. Those three worlds found Him unattainable in contemplation, yet He ran to round up their cattle. He wore their garlands of flowers on His head. The food He craved was a morsel begged from their hands. He snatched morsels from their mouths and ate them. He wove peacock feathers into His crest and danced, clapping and swaying to their rhythms. Those with whom Hari danced forgot all sense of the body. Says Tuka, the worship of the faithful is accepted by God without their knowing. Unasked, He reveals His own dwelling. He wanders after them, seeking their company.

God gave His devotees the joy of His own Self; with love He embraced those gopis. He embraced the gopis, those women rich in virtue; Hari is in debt to them across their births. When they sulk He soothes them; He swears oaths and does whatever it takes. He swears: I will never leave you, He tells all the gopis. The Lord of Vaikuntha says to the gopis: you are in My heart with your whole being. Hold the same love toward Me, and I am just as true toward you. Let this true love of Mine become clear to you; your own life is your witness. Narayana stands as witness for you and for us; He swears His own oath. God speaks the truth as each one's love is, bringing it into living experience. He consoles each with a different feeling; what one knows, another does not. There is no single act, no single love for all; God receives each one apart, as she is. So He does not let it be known that there is nowhere He is not; He is the same in all of them, just as He is. Whatever the wish, whatever the longing in a heart, the dark cloud-hued one fulfills it. He fulfilled the gopis' wishes, and the wishes of the people of Gokul. He set a longing in the people of Gokul; Govinda settled in their hearts. He stole away the hearts of them all; their love went out to the cowherd boys. The Lord of Vaikuntha is dear to them; they have forgotten everything. No one praises or blames anyone; no one keeps any sense of the body. No one remembers daughter, son, or worldly bond; they call Him God and give Him kisses. They leave their husbands at home and go; there is no shame left in their hearts at all.