Shloka 7
The Gopīs Glorify the Song of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute
Veṇu-gīta
श्रीगोप्य ऊचु: अक्षण्वतां फलमिदं न परं विदाम: सख्य: पशूननु विवेशयतोर्वयस्यै: । वक्त्रं व्रजेशसुतयोरनवेणु जुष्टं यैर्वा निपीतमनुरक्तकटाक्षमोक्षम् ॥ ७ ॥
śrī-gopya ūcuḥ akṣaṇvatāṁ phalam idaṁ na paraṁ vidāmaḥ sakhyaḥ paśūn anuviveśayator vayasyaiḥ vaktraṁ vrajeśa-sutayor anaveṇu-juṣṭaṁ yair vā nipītam anurakta-kaṭākṣa-mokṣam
ゴーピーたちは言った。「友よ、眼の果報はこれに勝るものを私たちは知らない。ナンダ大王の二人の御子が、友らに囲まれ、牛を前に追い立てて森へ入るとき、笛を唇に添えたその麗しい御顔と、ヴリンダーヴァナの住人へ注がれる愛に満ちた眼差し——それを見た者こそ幸いである。」
This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Ādi-līlā 4.155).
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Veṇu-gīta is the gopīs’ poetic glorification of Kṛṣṇa’s flute and His forest pastimes; here they declare that the greatest ‘fruit’ of having eyes is to behold Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, especially their faces adorned by the flute’s charm and their loving sidelong glances.
Because witnessing Their cowherding līlā—Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma going with friends and cows—reveals the sweetest form of divine intimacy, where even a glance from Them feels like the highest liberation and fulfillment.
Cultivate “darśana-bhāva”: seek Kṛṣṇa’s presence through attentive worship, hearing, and remembrance, valuing loving connection over mere attainment—seeing life as fulfilled when it becomes oriented toward beholding and serving the Divine.