Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 39: Akrūra's vision

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.39.31

śrī-śuka uvāca

evaḿ bruvāṇā virahāturā bhṛśaḿ

vraja-striyaḥ kṛṣṇa-viṣakta-mānasāḥ

visṛjya lajjāḿ ruruduḥ sma su-svaraḿ

govinda dāmodara mādhaveti

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — thus; bruvāṇāḥ — speaking; viraha — by feelings of separation; āturāḥ — distraught; bhṛśam — thoroughly; vraja-striyaḥ — the ladies of Vraja; kṛṣṇato Kṛṣṇa; viṣakta — attached; mānasāḥ — their minds; visṛjya — abandoning; lajjām — shame; ruruduḥ sma — they cried; su-svaram — loudly; govinda dāmodara mādhava itiO Govinda, O Dāmodara, O Mādhava.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After speaking these words, the ladies of Vraja, who were so attached to Kṛṣṇa, felt extremely agitated by their imminent separation from Him. They forgot all shame and loudly cried out, "O Govinda! O Dāmodara! O Mādhava!"

PURPORT

For a long time the gopīs had carefully hidden their conjugal love for Kṛṣṇa. But now that Kṛṣṇa was leaving, the gopīs were so distressed that they could no longer hide their feelings.

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