श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम् दशम स्कन्ध: द्वात्रिंश: अध्याय: श्री शुक उवाच - Shree Shuka said - इति गोप्य: प्रगायन्त्य: प्रलपन्त्यश्च चित्रधा ।
रुरुदु: सुस्वरं राजन् कृष्णदर्शनलालसा: ॥१॥
इति गोप्य: प्रगायन्त्य: thus, the Gopis, sang with abandon
प्रलपन्त्य:-च चित्रधा raving and in many ways रुरुदु: सुस्वरम् राजन् cried loudly, O King! कृष्ण-दर्शन-लालसा: Krishna to behold longing O King! In this manner, the Gopis sang with abandon, raved in many ways and wailed loudly, longing to behold Krishna.


तासामाविरभूच्छौरि: स्मयमानमुखाम्बुज: ।
पीताम्बरधर: स्रग्वी साक्षान्मन्मथमन्मथ: ॥२॥
तासाम्-आविरभूत्-शौरि: in their midst appeared Scion of the Shoora, Krishna,
स्मयमान-मुख-अम्बुज: smiling face lotus पीत-अम्बर-धर: स्रग्वी yellow silk clad, garlanded, साक्षात्-मन्मथ-मन्मथ: Himself Cupid, The Enchanter There appeared in the midst of the Gopis, Krishna, The Scion of the Shoora race, with a smiling lotus face, clad in yellow silk, garlanded, Himself, Cupid The Enchanter.


तं विलोक्यागतं प्रेष्ठं प्रीत्युत्फुल्लदृशोऽबला: ।
उत्तस्थुर्युगपत् सर्वास्तन्व: प्राणीनामिवागतम् ॥३॥
तम् विलोक्य-आगतम् प्रेष्ठम् Him seeing, having come, The Most Dear,
प्रीति-उत्फुल्ल दृश:-अबला: by love joyful, eyes, the women उत्तस्थु:-युगपत् सर्वा:-तन्व: sprang up all at once, all life प्राणीनाम्-इव-आगतम् of the living beings like returned The women, beholding their most Dear One having come back sprang up all at once, just as the life force returns in the limbs all at once of the living beings.


काचित् कराम्बुजं शौरेर्जगृहेऽञ्जलिना मुदा ।
काचिद् दधार तद्बाहुमंसे चन्दनरूषितम् ॥४॥
काचित् कर-अम्बुजम् शौरे:- one of them the hand lotus of Shauree
जगृहे-अञ्जलिना मुदा held with her both palms, happily काचिद् दधार तत्-बाहुम्- another one placed His arm अंसे चन्दन-रूषितम् on (her) shoulder sandal smeared One of them held the lotus hand of Shauree, Krishna in both her palms, while another one place His sandal Paste smeared arm on her own shoulder.


काचिदञ्जलिनागृह्णात्तन्वी ताम्बूलचर्वितम् ।
एका तदङ्घ्रिकमलं सन्तप्ता स्तनयोरधात् ॥५॥
काचित्-अञ्जलिना-अगृह्णात्- one of them, by the hollow of the palms took,
तन्वी ताम्बूल-चर्वितम् the delicate woman, the beetle chewed एका तत्-अङ्घ्रि-कमलम् one of them, His feet lotus, सन्तप्ता स्तनयो:-अधात् burning, (with passion) on the bosom placed One of them took the beetle chewed by Him in her palms, while the other one placed His lotus feet on her bosom, as she was burning with passion.


एका भ्रुकुटिमाबध्य प्रेमसंरम्भविह्वला ।
घ्नतीवैक्षत् कटाक्षेपै: संदष्टदशनच्छदा ॥६॥
एका भ्रुकुटिम्-आबध्य one, eyebrows knitting,
प्रेम-संरम्भ-विह्वला by love and anger, bewildered, घ्नति-इव-ऐक्षत् कटाक्षेपै: killing, as if looking, with side glances संदष्ट-दशन-च्छदा biting with teeth the lips One of them, with knitted eyebrows, full of love and anger looked at Him as if killing Him with her side glances, biting her lips with the teeth, in bewilderment.


अपरानिमिषद्दृग्भ्यां जुषाणा तन्मुखाम्बुजम् ।
आपीतमपि नातृप्यत् सन्तस्तच्चरणं यथा॥७॥
अपरा-अनिमिषत्-दृग्भ्याम् another one with unwinking eyes
जुषाणा तत्-मुख-अम्बुजम् imbibing His face lotus (nectar) आपीतम्-अपि न-अतृप्यत् having drunk also was not sated सन्त:-तत्-चरणम् यथा sages, His feet (contemplating upon) like Another one, with unwinking eyes imbibed the nectar of His lotus face, though having drunk, she was not sated, just as the sages are not sated contemplating on His lotus feet.


तं काचिन्नेत्ररन्ध्रेण हृदिकृत्य निमील्य च ।
पुलकाङ्ग्युपगुह्यास्ते योगीवानन्द सम्प्लुता ॥८॥
तम् काचित्-नेत्र-रन्ध्रेण Him, some other, through the eye's hollows
हृदि-कृत्य निमील्य च in her heart ushered, shutting (them) and पुलक-अङ्गी-उपगुह्य-आस्ते horripilated bodied, embracing (Him) became योगी-इव-आनन्द-सम्प्लुता Yogi like by bliss immersed Some other Gopi, ushered Him into her heart through the hollows of her eyes, and then shut them. Then, mentally embracing Him her body became horripilated, and she was immersed in bliss like the Yogi.


सर्वास्ता: केशवालोकपरमोत्सवनिर्वृता: ।
जहुर्विरहजं तापं प्राज्ञं प्राप्य यथा जना: ॥९॥
सर्वा:-ता: केशव-आलोक- all of them, Keshava's sight
परम-उत्सव-निर्वृता: grand festival enraptured in जहु:-विरह-जम् तापम् shed the separation generated agony प्राज्ञम् प्राप्य यथा जना: an enlighten meeting, like the people All of them enraptured in the grand festival of Krishna's sight, shed their agony generated by separation from Him, just as the people cast off their agony on meeting the enlightened souls.


ताभिर्विधूतशोकाभिर्भगवानच्युतो वृत: ।
व्यरोचताधिकं तात पुरुष: शक्तिभिर्यथा ॥१०॥
ताभि:-विधूत-शोकाभि:- by them, devoid of sorrow
भगवान्-अच्युत: वृत: The Lord Immortal surrounded व्यरोचत-अधिकम् तात shone more (brightly), O Dear Pareekshit! पुरुष: शक्तिभि:-यथा The Supreme Person with (His) potencies, as The Immortal Lord, surrounded by them, who were devoid of sorrow, shone all the more brightly, just as The Supreme Person shines with His potencies.


ता: समादाय कालिन्द्या निर्विश्य पुलिनं विभु: ।
विकसत्कुन्दमन्दारसुरभ्यनिलषट्पदम् ॥११॥
ता: समादाय कालिन्द्या them taking along, of Kaalindee,
निर्विश्य पुलिनम् विभु: entered the bank, The Almighty Lord विकसत्-कुन्द-मन्दार- (with) blooming Kunda, Mandaara सुरभि-अनिल-षट्पदम् fragrance (charged) breeze, and bumble bees The Almighty Lord, taking them along with Him, entered the bank of the Kaalindee river where the breeze was charged with the fragrance of the blooming Kunda and Mandaara flowers, and swarms of bumble bees hovered around them.


शरच्चन्द्रांशुसन्दोहध्वस्तदोषातम: शिवम् ।
कृष्णाया हस्ततरलाचितकोमलवालुकम् ॥१२॥
शरत्-चन्द्राम्-अंशु-सन्दोह Autumnal moon’s rays flood
ध्वस्त-दोषा-तम: शिवम् dispelled the night's darkness, by the auspicious कृष्णाया: हस्त-तरल- Krishna's (Kaalindi's) hand moisture आचित कोमल-वालुकम् surface (stage) soft the sand The Autumnal moon rays flooded and dispelled the darkness of the night. And the auspicious waves, (hands,) moisture, of the river Kaalindee, softened the (stage) sand.


तद्दर्शनाह्लादविधूतहृद्रजो मनोरथान्तं श्रुतयो यथा ययु: ।
स्वैरुत्तरीयै: कुचकुङ्कुमाङ्कितैरचीक्लृपन्नासनमात्मबन्धवे ॥१३॥
तत्-दर्शन-आह्लाद-विधूत- (by) His sight's joy removed
हृद्-रज: मनोरथ-अन्तम् Heart's agony of the desired, at the end of, श्रुतय: यथा ययु: the Vedas just as, attained स्वै:-उत्तरीयै: कुच-कुङ्कुम- by own head scarves, bosom's saffron अङ्कितै:-अचीक्लृपत्- smeared, readied आसनम्-आत्म- बन्धवे a seat for the soul mate With their agony of separation removed by the profound joy of His sight, just as, the rituals of the Vedas, conducted for some desire, leads one to the end of desire and there-by brings ultimate bliss. They, then prepared a seat for their Soul-Mate, by spreading out their head scarves, tainted with the saffron paste smeared on their bosom.


तत्रोपविष्टो भगवान् स ईश्वरो योगेश्वरान्तर्हृदि कल्पितासन: ।
चकास गोपीपरिषद्गतोऽर्चितस्त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्म्येकपदं वपुर्दधत् ॥१४॥
तत्र-उपविष्ट: भगवान् there, seated, The Lord,
स: ईश्वर:-योग-ईश्वर- He, The Almighty, of the Yoga's masters' अन्त:-हृदि कल्पित-आसन: inside the hearts, made (His) seat, चकास गोपी-परिषद्-गत:- shone, in the Gopis assembly stationed, अर्चित: त्रै-लोक्य-लक्ष्मी- honoured, of the three worlds' splendour एक-पदम् वपु:-दधत् in one part (of This) descent holding He, The Almighty Lord, Who has made his seat in the hearts of the masters of Yoga, was seated there, in the assembly of the Gopis. He, The splendour of the three worlds, of that splendour's one part, in this descent form of His, shone there.


सभाजयित्वा तमनङ्गदीपनं सहासलीलेक्षणविभ्रमभ्रुवा ।
संस्पर्शनेनाङ्ककृताङ्घ्रिहस्तयो: संस्तुत्य ईषत्कुपिता बभाषिरे ॥१५॥
सभाजयित्वा तम्- greeting Him,
अनङ्ग-दीपनम् सहास- love enkindling, with laughters, लीला-ईक्षण-विभ्रम-भ्रुवा sporting glances, knitted eyebrows, संस्पर्शनेन-अङ्क-कृत- by pressing, on the laps अङ्घ्रि-हस्तयो: संस्तुत्य placed feet and the hands, praising ईषत्-कुपिता बभाषिरे somewhat enraged, spoke They greeted Him, The Enkindler of love, welcomed Him with smiles, looked at Him with knitted eyebrows, and sporting glances, pressed His feet and hands which were placed in their laps, praised Him, and then, exhibiting a bit of rage, spoke,….


गोप्य ऊचु: - The Gopis said - भजतोऽनुभजन्त्येक एक एतद्विपर्ययम् ।
नोभयांश्च भजन्त्येक एतन्नो ब्रुहि साधु भो: ॥१६॥
भजत:-अनुभजन्ति-एक: loved, love in return, some,
एक एतत्-विपर्ययम् some of this, the opposite, न-उभयान्-च भजन्ति-एक: not both and love some एतत्-न: ब्रुहि साधु भो: this to us, explain well, O Lord! O Lord! some love in return of love, some do the opposite of this, that is, love even if not loved, yet others do not do either of the two. Do explain this well to us.


श्री भगवान्-उवाच - The Lord said - मिथो भजन्ति ये सख्य: स्वार्थैकान्तोद्यमा हि ते ।
न तत्र सौहृदं धर्म: स्वार्थार्थ तद्-हि नान्यथा ॥१४॥
मिथ: भजन्ति ये सख्य: mutually love those who, O Friends!
स्वार्थ-एकान्त:-उद्यमा: हि ते self-interest alone endeavour indeed is theirs न तत्र सौहृदम् धर्म: not there is good will or virtue, स्वार्थ-अर्थ तत्-हि न-अन्यथा selfish motive, that surely is, not anything else O Friends! Those who mutually love each other, their endeavour is centered in self-interest. In that there is neither good will nor virtue. The motive is solely selfish and nothing else.


भजन्त्यभजतो ये वै करुणा: पितरो यथा ।
धर्मो निरपवादोऽत्र सौहृदं च सुमध्यमा: ॥१८॥
भजन्ति-अभजत: ये वै love, unloved, those of course,
करुणा: पितर: यथा are compassionate, parents like धर्म: निरपवाद:-अत्र virtue also is blameless, here is सौहृदम् च सुमध्यमा: goodwill also, O Slender waisted Ones! O Slender waisted Ones! Those who love in spite of not being loved, of course, are compassionate, like the parents. In this there is blameless virtue and good will also.


भजतोऽपि न वै केचिद् भजन्त्यभजत: कुत: ।
आत्मारामा ह्याप्तकामा अकृतज्ञा गुरुद्रुह: ॥१९॥
भजत:-अपि न वै केचिद् being loved also, not certainly, some
भजन्ति-अभजत: कुत: love, not loved where आत्मारामा: हि-आप्त-कामा: they are in self revelling, indeed fulfilled of desires, अकृतज्ञा: गुरुद्रुह: ungrateful, for the elders having enmity Certainly, even though they are loved, some do not love, no question of those that are not loved. Some are like sages revelling in their own selves, and some have fulfilled their desires, yet others are ungrateful and also hold enmity for the elders.


नाहं तु सख्यो भजतोपि जन्तून् भजाम्यमीषामनुवृत्तिवृत्तये ।
यथाधनो लब्धधने विनष्टे तच्चिन्तयान्यन्निभृतो न वेद ॥२०॥
न-अहम् तु सख्य: not I, indeed O Friends!
भजत:-अपि जन्तून् भजामि- loved though, the beings love अमीषाम्-अनुवृत्ति-वृत्तये of their thoughts to incline (towards Me) यथा-अधन: लब्ध-धने just as a poor person having got wealth, विनष्टे तत्-चिन्तया- and lost it, in it's thought, अन्य निभृत: न वेद anything full of, does not know O Friends! I, indeed, though loved, do not love the beings, just to attract their minds towards Me. Because, a poor person, when achieves wealth and then looses it, is full of its thought and does not see anything else.


एवं मदर्थोज्झितलोकवेदस्वानां हि वो मय्यनुवृत्तयेऽबला: ।
मया परोक्षं भजता तिरोहितं मासूयितुं मार्हथ तत् प्रियं प्रिया: ॥२१॥
एवम् मत्-अर्थ-उज्झित in this manner, for My sake abandoned
लोक-वेदम् स्वानाम् हि व: worldly, and Vedic rules of yours, indeed you all मयि-अनुवृत्तये-अबला: in Me mind immersed, O Gopis! मया परोक्षम् भजता: by Me from a distance loved तिरोहितम् मा-असूयितुम् having disappeared in Me to faults find मा-अर्हथ तत् प्रियम् प्रिया: do not deserve, because (I am) Beloved (of you) lovers O Gopis! it is for My sake, that, in this manner, indeed, all of you have abandoned your worldly and Vedic duties. From far, unseen, I have been loving you, and disappeared to keep your mind fixed in Me. So, you do not deserve to find fault with this act of Mine, as I am The Beloved and you are My lovers.


न पारयेऽहं निरवद्यसंयुजां स्वसाधुकृत्यं विबुधायुषापि व: ।
या माभजन् दुर्जरगेहशृङ्खला: संवृश्च्य तद् व: प्रतियातु साधुना ॥२२॥
न पारये-अहम् निरवद्य- am not able to repay I, the unblemished
संयुजाम् स्व-साधु-कृत्यम् connection, by own good deed विबुध-आयुषा-अपि व: through many ages also yours या मा-अभजन् दुर्जर- who Me loved, the difficult गेह-शृङ्खला: संवृश्च्य household chain snatching away, तत् व: प्रतियातु साधुना that, you, indebt (Me) by your goodness Even through many years, I am unable to repay by My good deeds also the unblemished connection of yours. In that, snatching asunder the difficult to be cut chain of household ties, you have loved Me. You can only make Me indebted by your innate goodness.


इति श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे रासक्रीडायां गोपीसान्त्वनं नाम द्वात्रिंश: अध्याय: ॥३२॥
Thus ends the thirty-second discourse entitled 'The Lord comforts the Gopis during the Raasa Play', in the first half of Book Ten of the great and glorious Bhaagavata-Puraana.