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Sitting on the seat amongst the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa became more beautiful. yogīs like Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā or even Lord Śeṣa and others always try to fix their attention upon Kṛṣṇa in their hearts, but here the gopīs actually saw Kṛṣṇa seated before them on their cloths. In the society of the gopīs, Kṛṣṇa looked very beautiful. They were the most beautiful damsels within the three worlds, and they assembled together around Kṛṣṇa

It is said in the Skanda Purāṇa that out of many thousands of gopīs, 16,000 are prominent, out of those 16,000 gopīs, 108 are especially prominent, out of these 108 gopīs, eight are still more prominent, out of those eight gopīs, Rādhārāṇī and Candrāvalī are even more prominent, and out of these two gopīs

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the thirty-second chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Kṛṣṇa Returns to the Gopīs

Kṛṣṇa seated Himself beside each of the many gopīs, and it may be asked herein how He did this. Kṛṣṇa also manifested this potency of expansion as Paramātmā in this gathering with the gopīs. Kṛṣṇa was sitting by the side of each gopī, unseen by the others. Kṛṣṇa was so kind to the gopīs that instead of sitting in their hearts to be appreciated in yogic meditation And while smiling, they confidentially expressed their suppressed anger and said, “Dear Kṛṣṇa, we are

During Kṛṣṇa’s advent, the Vedic scholars took birth in the shape of the gopīs in Vṛndāvana; as young gopīs, they got the association of Kṛṣṇa in fulfillment of their previous birth’s desire. When the gopīs had Kṛṣṇa in their company, not only all their grief but their lamenting in the absence of Kṛṣṇa was relieved. With great care they spread a sitting place for Kṛṣṇa.

This means that devotional service to Kṛṣṇa cannot be checked by political or religious convention. The gopīs particularly showed pure devotional service toward Kṛṣṇa, so much so that Kṛṣṇa Himself remained Lord Caitanya thus said that the devotional service manifested by the gopīs in Vṛndāvana excelled all

When Kṛṣṇa entered the forest on the bank of the river Yamunā, the moonlight dissipated the surrounding The gopīs made a seat for Kṛṣṇa by leveling the soft sand and placing cloths over it.

When Lord Kṛṣṇa finally reappeared among the assembled gopīs, He looked very beautiful, just befitting In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is stated, ānanda-cin-maya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ: Kṛṣṇa alone is not particularly Kṛṣṇa is always surrounded by different potencies, and therefore He is perfect and beautiful. We understand from the Brahma-saṁhitā and Skanda Purāṇa that Kṛṣṇa is always surrounded by many thousands The gopīs are all goddesses of fortune, and Kṛṣṇa took them hand in hand on the bank of the Yamunā.

Kṛṣṇa indirectly answered the questions of the gopīs, even those questions which implied that Kṛṣṇa did In answer, Kṛṣṇa said that He, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is self-satisfied.

“My dear friends,” Kṛṣṇa continued, “you might be aggrieved by My words and acts, but you must know that If I can very easily be approached by them, they might think, ‘Kṛṣṇa is so easily available.’

In answer, Kṛṣṇa said, “My dear friends, persons who simply reciprocate the loving dealings of the other