Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.35.26

sri-suka uvaca

evam vraja-striyo rajan

krsna-lilanugayatih

remire 'hahsu tac-cittas

tan-manaska mahodayah

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam -- thus; vraja-striyah -- the women of Vraja; rajan -- O King; krsna-lila -- about the pastimes of Krsna; anugayatih -- continuously chanting; remire -- they enjoyed; ahahsu -- during the days; tat-cittah -- their hearts absorbed in Him; tat-manaskah -- their minds absorbed in Him; maha -- great; udayah -- experiencing a festivity.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, thus during the daytime the women of Vrndavana took pleasure in continuously singing about the pastimes of Krsna, and those ladies' minds and hearts, absorbed in Him, were filled with great festivity.

PURPORT

This verse definitely confirms that the so-called pain of the heartbroken gopis is actually great spiritual bliss. On the material platform, pain is pain -- period. But on the spiritual platform, so-called pain is simply a different variety of spiritual ecstasy. In the Western countries, people take pleasure in mixing different flavors of ice cream to produce wonderful combinations of flavor. Similarly, on the spiritual platform Sri Krsna and His devotees expertly mix the flavors of spiritual bliss, and thus every day was a treat for the gopis.

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to the Tenth Canto, Thirty-fifth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "The Gopis Sing of Krsna as He Wanders in the Forest."

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