Shloka 58
गोवर्धनोत्तरविस्मयः, रासलीलाप्रसङ्गः, तथा सर्वव्याप्तिवेदान्तोपदेशः
ता वार्यमाणाः पतिभिः पितृभिर् भ्रातृभिस् तथा कृष्णं गोपाङ्गना रात्रौ रमयन्ति रतिप्रियाः
tā vāryamāṇāḥ patibhiḥ pitṛbhir bhrātṛbhis tathā kṛṣṇaṃ gopāṅganā rātrau ramayanti ratipriyāḥ
Ang mga gopāṅganā—na nalulugod sa pag-ibig—kahit pigilan ng asawa, ama, at mga kapatid, ay pumupunta sa gabi upang makipaglaro kay Krishna.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It highlights the overpowering pull of bhakti toward the Supreme Person, portraying Krishna as the ultimate beloved who draws devotees beyond ordinary worldly constraints.
By explicitly mentioning husbands, fathers, and brothers as restrainers, Parāśara underscores a narrative contrast: external social bonds versus the inner compulsion of devotion to Bhagavan.
Krishna appears as Bhagavan—the supreme locus of attraction and joy—so the gopīs’ love functions as a devotional paradigm directed to Vishnu’s personal, sovereign reality.