Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 19
Uddhava Sent to Vraja: Consolation to Nanda-Yaśodā and the Gopīs’ Separation
अप्यायास्यति गोविन्द: स्वजनान्सकृदीक्षितुम् । तर्हि द्रक्ष्याम तद्वक्त्रं सुनसं सुस्मितेक्षणम् ॥ १९ ॥
apy āyāsyati govindaḥ sva-janān sakṛd īkṣitum tarhi drakṣyāma tad-vaktraṁ su-nasaṁ su-smitekṣaṇam
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Now that Kṛṣṇa had become a prince in the great city of Mathurā, Nanda had lost hope that He would come back to live in the simple cowherd village of Vṛndāvana. But he hoped against hope that Kṛṣṇa would come back at least once to visit the simple cowherd folk who had raised Him from birth.
FAQs
This verse shows the gopīs’ intense longing for Kṛṣṇa’s return, where even the hope of seeing Him once again becomes their sustaining devotion.
After Kṛṣṇa leaves Vraja for Mathurā, the gopīs express their heart’s pain to Uddhava, praying for even a single renewed darśana of Kṛṣṇa.
Channel feelings of absence into remembrance—regular nāma-japa, hearing Kṛṣṇa-kathā, and serving devotees—so longing becomes steady, focused devotion rather than despair.