Shloka 34
Veṇu-gīta-āhvāna and the Gopīs’ Appeal: The Opening of Rāsa-līlā
चित्तं सुखेन भवतापहृतं गृहेषु यन्निर्विशत्युत करावपि गृह्यकृत्ये । पादौ पदं न चलतस्तव पादमूलाद् याम: कथं व्रजमथो करवाम किं वा ॥ ३४ ॥
cittaṁ sukhena bhavatāpahṛtaṁ gṛheṣu yan nirviśaty uta karāv api gṛhya-kṛtye pādau padaṁ na calatas tava pāda-mūlād yāmaḥ kathaṁ vrajam atho karavāma kiṁ vā
จนถึงวันนี้จิตของเราหมกมุ่นอยู่กับงานเรือน แต่ท่านกลับชิงเอาทั้งใจและแม้แต่มือของเราจากงานบ้านไปอย่างง่ายดาย บัดนี้เท้าของเราไม่อาจก้าวออกไปแม้เพียงก้าวเดียวจากโคนดอกบัวแห่งพระบาทของท่าน เราจะกลับไปวรชะได้อย่างไร? แล้วไปถึงที่นั่นเราจะทำอะไรเล่า?
Śrī Kṛṣṇa had blown into His flute, and the intoxicating music that had come out of its holes had stolen the minds of the young gopī girls. Now they had come to see Kṛṣṇa to demand back their stolen property, but they could regain their minds only if Śrī Kṛṣṇa accepted them and engaged with them in conjugal affairs.
FAQs
This verse says the gopīs’ hearts are “stolen” by Kṛṣṇa, so their minds cannot re-enter ordinary household life; devotion becomes exclusive and overriding when Kṛṣṇa becomes the sole refuge.
Standing at Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet, they confess their feet will not move away from Him; their love and surrender make returning to routine domestic identity feel impossible.
It teaches inner priority: keep Kṛṣṇa as the heart’s center through remembrance and devotion, so duties are performed, but attachment shifts from ego and comfort to loving service and spiritual shelter.