Shloka 16
Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints
दैत्यायित्वा जहारान्यामेको कृष्णार्भभावनाम् । रिङ्गयामास काप्यङ्घ्री कर्षन्ती घोषनि:स्वनै: ॥ १६ ॥
daityāyitvā jahārānyām eko kṛṣṇārbha-bhāvanām riṅgayām āsa kāpy aṅghrī karṣantī ghoṣa-niḥsvanaiḥ
Una gopī, haciendo de demonio Tṛṇāvarta, se llevó en brazos a otra que actuaba como el niño Kṛṣṇa. Y otra gopī se arrastraba, haciendo sonar sus ajorcas mientras tiraba de los pies.
The gopīs started imitating all of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, beginning from His earliest activities as a baby.
FAQs
This verse shows the gopīs, overwhelmed by love in separation, reenacting roles connected to Kṛṣṇa—some imagining baby Kṛṣṇa, others even taking the part of a demoness—revealing how deeply their minds are absorbed in Him.
While searching for Kṛṣṇa, their intense prema makes them relive His Vraja-līlās. They spontaneously dramatize familiar childhood episodes, indicating that remembrance of Kṛṣṇa becomes their only shelter.
Sincere devotion grows by constant remembrance—hearing and recalling Kṛṣṇa’s līlās so deeply that the mind naturally returns to Him, especially during times of absence or difficulty.