Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 9
Uddhava Meets the Gopīs: Bhramara-gītā and Kṛṣṇa’s Message of Separation
इति गोप्यो हि गोविन्दे गतवाक्कायमानसा: । कृष्णदूते समायाते उद्धवे त्यक्तलौकिका: ॥ ९ ॥ गायन्त्य: प्रियकर्माणि रुदन्त्यश्च गतह्रिय: । तस्य संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य यानि कैशोरबाल्ययो: ॥ १० ॥
iti gopyo hi govinde gata-vāk-kāya-mānasāḥ kṛṣṇa-dūte samāyāte uddhave tyakta-laukikāḥ
Sa gayong pananalita, ang mga gopī na inialay ang salita, katawan, at isip kay Govinda ay iniwan ang karaniwang gawain nang dumating ang sugo ni Kṛṣṇa na si Śrī Uddhava. Paulit-ulit nilang inalaala ang mga lila ni Kṛṣṇa sa pagkabata at kabinataan, umaawit at umiiyak nang walang hiya.
The word bālyayoḥ here indicates that ever since their childhood, the gopīs had been completely in love with Kṛṣṇa. Thus even though social custom dictated that they not reveal their love to others, they forgot all external considerations and openly wept before Kṛṣṇa’s messenger, Uddhava.
FAQs
This verse shows the gopīs’ total surrender—speech, body, and mind absorbed in Govinda—so intensely that worldly norms no longer mattered when Kṛṣṇa’s messenger arrived.
Because Uddhava came as Kṛṣṇa’s dūta (messenger), and their longing for Kṛṣṇa overpowered all external etiquette; their lives were centered only on Govinda.
Align thoughts with remembrance, speech with kīrtana and truthful kindness, and actions with service—so devotion becomes the priority over mere social approval.