Shloka 41
गोवर्धनोत्तरविस्मयः, रासलीलाप्रसङ्गः, तथा सर्वव्याप्तिवेदान्तोपदेशः
निवृत्तास् तास् ततो गोप्यो निराशाः कृष्णदर्शने यमुनातीरम् आगम्य जगुस् तच्चरितं तदा
nivṛttās tās tato gopyo nirāśāḥ kṛṣṇadarśane yamunātīram āgamya jagus taccaritaṃ tadā
แล้วเหล่าโคปีทั้งหลาย เมื่อสิ้นหวังจะได้เห็นพระกฤษณะ ก็หันกลับ. ครั้นถึงฝั่งยมุนา ณ ขณะนั้นเอง พวกนางเริ่มขับร้องพระจริยาและลีลาของพระองค์—ให้ความระลึกถึงเป็นดั่งการได้เห็น
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How the gopīs respond to separation—turning to song at the Yamunā bank.
Teaching: Devotional
Quality: compassionate
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Kṛṣṇa draws the gopīs from frustrated seeking into kīrtana, making remembrance itself the mode of encounter.
Leela: Moksha-dana
Dharma Restored: Kīrtana/smaraṇa as sustaining dharma in separation; devotion transforms loss into worship.
Concept: When direct vision fails, bhakti converts separation into presence through singing and remembrance of the Lord’s līlā.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: Use kīrtana, stotra-recitation, and narrative remembrance as steady supports during spiritual dryness or absence of ‘felt’ presence.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord is personally accessible through loving remembrance; relationship (sambandha) is real and persists beyond sensory contact.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
Bhakti Type: Madhurya
FAQs
It shows that when direct darśana is denied, devotion transforms into kīrtana and smaraṇa—remembering and singing Krishna becomes a living encounter with him.
Parāśara frames their disappointment not as mere loss but as a narrative turn: separation intensifies love, and that intensified love expresses itself as song recounting Krishna’s līlā.
Krishna’s apparent absence highlights divine sovereignty: the Supreme draws the heart beyond sensory contact into steadfast bhakti, where remembrance and praise become a path to communion.