गोवर्धनोत्तरविस्मयः, रासलीलाप्रसङ्गः, तथा सर्वव्याप्तिवेदान्तोपदेशः
काचिद् आवसथस्यान्तः स्थित्वा दृष्ट्वा बहिर् गुरुम् तन्मयत्वेन गोविन्दं दध्यौ मीलितलोचना
kācid āvasathasyāntaḥ sthitvā dṛṣṭvā bahir gurum tanmayatvena govindaṃ dadhyau mīlitalocanā
May isang gopī na nasa loob ng tahanan; nang makita ang nakatatanda sa labas, nalubos siya kay Govinda at nagmuni-muni nang nakapikit.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
This verse presents devotion as total inner identification with Govinda—where attention withdraws from external constraints and rests unwaveringly in the Lord, functioning like meditative yoga within bhakti.
By showing a devotee who outwardly remains within propriety (seeing the elder outside) yet inwardly turns fully to Govinda, Parāśara depicts bhakti as an internal sovereignty of consciousness that can persist amid social boundaries.
Govinda is not merely a beloved figure but the sustaining Supreme Lord who becomes the sole object of contemplation—implying that intimate devotion is also a direct approach to the highest reality taught in the Purana.