Shloka 43
Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints
तन्मनस्कास्तदालापास्तद्विचेष्टास्तदात्मिका: । तद्गुणानेव गायन्त्यो नात्मगाराणि सस्मरु: ॥ ४३ ॥
tan-manaskās tad-alāpās tad-viceṣṭās tad-ātmikāḥ tad-guṇān eva gāyantyo nātmagārāṇi sasmaruḥ
അവരുടെ മനസ്സ് മുഴുവനും അവനിൽ ലീനമായി; അവർ അവനെക്കുറിച്ച് സംസാരിക്കുകയും, അവന്റെ ലീലകൾ അഭിനയിക്കുകയും, തങ്ങളെ അവന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യം നിറച്ചവരായി അനുഭവിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. കൃഷ്ണന്റെ ദിവ്യഗുണങ്ങൾ പാടിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ അവർ സ്വന്തം വീടുകളെ പൂർണ്ണമായി മറന്നു.
Actually there is no separation from Kṛṣṇa for the pure devotees of the Lord. Although apparently abandoned by Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs were actually tightly connected to Him by the spiritual process of śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord.
FAQs
This verse describes pure absorption (smaraṇa) where mind, speech, and actions become centered on Kṛṣṇa, so strongly that even one’s ordinary sense of home and bodily identity is forgotten.
In the narrative of Canto 10, Chapter 30, the gopīs are overwhelmed by love in separation (viraha). Their devotion is so intense that social and domestic concerns fade as they sing Kṛṣṇa’s qualities and seek Him.
Bring mind, speech, and habits into alignment with devotion—regular kīrtana/japa, speaking and hearing about Kṛṣṇa, and choosing daily actions that support remembrance—so spiritual identity gradually becomes stronger than worldly distraction.