Bhagavata Purana

देहेन जीवभूतेन लोकात् लोकमनुव्रजन् । भुञ्जान एव कर्माणि करोत्यविरतं पुमान्

With a body endowed with life, a man wanders from world to world, continually performing actions and experiencing their results without cessation.

जीवो ह्यस्यानुगो देहो भूतेन्द्रियमनोमयः । तन्निरोधोऽस्य मरणं आविर्भावस्तु सम्भवः

The living being’s body, composed of elements, senses, and mind, follows him; its dissolution is his death, and its manifestation is his birth.

द्रव्योपलब्धिस्थानस्य द्रव्येक्षायोग्यता यदा । तत्पञ्चत्वं अहंमानाद् उत्पत्तिर्द्रव्यदर्शनम्

When the means of perceiving an object and the capacity to perceive it are lost, that is called dissolution; the sense of 'I' arises with the perception of objects, and that is called birth.

यथाक्ष्णोर्द्रव्यावयव दर्शनायोग्यता यदा । तदैव चक्षुषो द्रष्टुः द्रष्टृत्वायोग्यतानयोः

Just as, when the eye or its components lose the ability to see, the seer’s capacity to perceive ceases—so too, when both are unfit, vision ends.

तस्मान्न कार्यः सन्त्रासो न कार्पण्यं न सम्भ्रमः । बुद्ध्वा जीवगतिं धीरो मुक्तसङ्गश्चरेदिह

Therefore, one should not be afraid, nor feel pity or confusion; knowing the journey of the soul, the wise, free from attachment, should live here accordingly.

सम्यग्दर्शनया बुद्ध्या योगवैराग्ययुक्तया । मायाविरचिते लोके चरेन्न्यस्य कलेवरम्

With intellect endowed with true vision, joined with yoga and detachment, one should live in this world, fashioned by illusion, unconcerned with the body.

भगवतः प्रादुर्भावः गोपीनां आश्वासनं च - श्रीशुक उवाच - ( अनुष्टुप् ) इति गोप्यः प्रगायन्त्यः प्रलपन्त्यश्च चित्रधा । रुरुदुः सुस्वरं राजन् कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः

Śuka said: Thus, the gopīs, singing and lamenting in various ways, wept loudly, O King, longing to see Kṛṣṇa.

तासामाविरभूच्छौरिः स्मयमानमुखाम्बुजः । पीताम्बरधरः स्रग्वी साक्षान्मन्मथमन्मथः

Then, Hari appeared among them, his lotus face smiling, dressed in yellow garments, adorned with a garland—he who bewilders even the god of love.

तं विलोक्यागतं प्रेष्ठं प्रीत्युत्फुल्लदृशोऽबलाः । उत्तस्थुर्युगपत् सर्वाः तन्वः प्राणमिवागतम्

Seeing their beloved returned, the women’s eyes blossomed with joy; all of them rose at once, as if life itself had come back into their bodies.

काचित् कराम्बुजं शौरेः जगृहेऽञ्जलिना मुदा । काचिद् दधार तद्‍बाहुं अंसे चन्दनरूषितम्

One joyfully took Hari’s lotus hand in her joined palms; another placed his sandalwood-smeared arm on her shoulder.

काचिद् अञ्जलिनागृह्णात् तन्वी ताम्बूलचर्वितम् । एका तदङ्‌घ्रिकमलं सन्तप्ता स्तनयोरधात्

One slender woman took the betel leaf he had chewed with her cupped hands; another, burning with longing, placed his lotus foot between her breasts.

एका भ्रुकुटिमाबध्य प्रेमसंरम्भविह्वला । घ्नन्तीवैक्षत् कटाक्षेपैः सन्दष्टदशनच्छदा

One of them, her brow knit in agitation, overwhelmed by the tumult of love, seemed to strike with her sidelong glances, her teeth clenched beneath her lips.

अपरानिमिषद् दृग्भ्यां जुषाणा तन्मुखाम्बुजम् । आपीतमपि नातृप्यत् सन्तस्तच्चरणं यथा

Another, with unblinking eyes, gazed upon his lotus-like face, and though she drank it in, she was never satisfied, just as the wise are never satiated by his feet.

तं काचिन्नेत्ररन्ध्रेण हृदिकृत्य निमील्य च । पुलकाङ्‌ग्युपगुह्यास्ते योगीवानन्दसम्प्लुता

Another, closing her eyes and drawing him into her heart through the opening of her eyes, embraced him with her goosebump-covered limbs, immersed in the bliss of a yogi.

सर्वास्ताः केशवालोक परमोत्सवनिर्वृताः । जहुर्विरहजं तापं प्राज्ञं प्राप्य यथा जनाः

All of them, delighted by the sight of Keśava, experiencing the highest festival of joy, abandoned the pain of separation, just as people do upon attaining wisdom.

ताभिर्विधूतशोकाभिः भगवानच्युतो वृतः । व्यरोचताधिकं तात पुरुषः शक्तिभिर्यथा

Surrounded by those who had been freed from sorrow, the Lord, Acyuta, shone forth even more, O dear one, like a person empowered by his energies.

ताः समादाय कालिन्द्या निर्विश्य पुलिनं विभुः । विकसत्कुन्दमन्दार सुरभ्यनिलषट्पदम्

Taking them, the Lord entered the sandy bank of the Yamunā, blooming with jasmine and mandāra flowers, fragrant breezes, and humming bees.

शरच्चन्द्रांशुसन्दोह ध्वस्तदोषातमः शिवम् । कृष्णाया हस्ततरला चितकोमलवालुकम्

The place was auspicious, its darkness dispelled by the mass of autumn moonbeams, with Krishna's restless hand, and sand soft and bright.

( मिश्र ) तद्दर्शनाह्लादविधूतहृद्रुजो मनोरथान्तं श्रुतयो यथा ययुः । स्वैरुत्तरीयैः कुचकुङ्‌कुमाङ्‌कितैः अचीक्लृपन्नासनमात्मबन्धवे

Their hearts relieved of pain by the joy of seeing him, as the Vedas reach their goal, they prepared a seat for their beloved with their own upper garments, marked with the red of their breasts.

तत्रोपविष्टो भगवान् स ईश्वरो योगेश्वरान्तर्हृदि कल्पितासनः । चकास गोपीपरिषद्‍गतोऽर्चितः त्रैलोक्यलक्ष्म्येकपदं वपुर्दधत्

There, seated, the Lord, the master, assumed a seat in the hearts of the yogis, and shone among the assembly of gopīs, worshipped, bearing a form that is the single abode of the fortune of the three worlds.

सभाजयित्वा तमनङ्‌गदीपनं सहासलीलेक्षणविभ्रमभ्रुवा । संस्पर्शनेनाङ्‌ककृताङ्‌घ्रिहस्तयोः संस्तुत्य ईषत्कुपिता बभाषिरे

Honoring him, the kindler of desire, with laughter, playful glances, and expressive brows, they touched his feet with their hands placed on his lap, and, praising him, spoke with a slight feigned anger.

श्रीगोप्य ऊचुः - ( अनुष्टुप् ) भजतोऽनुभजन्त्येक एक एतद्विपर्ययम् । नोभयांश्च भजन्त्येक एतन्नो ब्रूहि साधु भोः

The gopīs said: One who loves is loved in return by one, another does the opposite; some do not love either. Please tell us, O noble one, which is right.

श्रीभगवानुवाच - मिथो भजन्ति ये सख्यः स्वार्थैकान्तोद्यमा हि ते । न तत्र सौहृदं धर्मः स्वार्थार्थं तद्धि नान्यथा

The Blessed Lord said: Those who love each other for their own benefit are friends, but there is no true affection or righteousness there, for it is only for self-interest.

भजन्त्यभजतो ये वै करुणाः पितरो यथा । धर्मो निरपवादोऽत्र सौहृदं च सुमध्यमाः

Those who love those who do not love them, like compassionate parents, act without fault; here, affection and virtue are excellent.

भजतोऽपि न वै केचिद् भजन्त्यभजतः कुतः । आत्मारामा ह्याप्तकामा अकृतज्ञा गुरुद्रुहः

Some do not love even those who love them, let alone those who do not; for they are self-satisfied, fulfilled in themselves, ungrateful, and disrespectful to their elders.

( मिश्र ) नाहं तु सख्यो भजतोऽपि जन्तून् भजाम्यमीषामनुवृत्तिवृत्तये । यथाधनो लब्धधने विनष्टे तच्चिन्तयान्यन्निभृतो न वेद

But I, O friends, do not love even those who love me, for their devotion; just as a poor man, upon gaining wealth and then losing it, absorbed in its thought, knows nothing else.

एवं मदर्थोज्झितलोकवेद स्वानां हि वो मय्यनुवृत्तयेऽबलाः । मयापरोक्षं भजता तिरोहितं मासूयितुं मार्हथ तत् प्रियं प्रियाः

Thus, you, weak ones, have abandoned worldly and scriptural duties for my sake, to serve me; though you worship me directly, I hide myself, so you should not resent this, O beloveds.

न पारयेऽहं निरवद्यसंयुजां स्वसाधुकृत्यं विबुधायुषापि वः । या माभजन् दुर्जरगेहशृङ्‌खलाः संवृश्च्य तद् वः प्रतियातु साधुना

I am unable to repay your flawless devotion, even with the lifespan of the gods; those who have loved me, breaking the hard chains of home, let their virtuous deeds be your reward.

इति श्रीमद्‍भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे पूर्वार्धे रासक्रीडायां गोपीसान्त्वनं नाम द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named 'The Consolation of the Gopīs,' in the first half of the tenth book of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, the great Purāṇa, the scripture of the supreme swan.