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Another gopī said, “Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the husband of the goddess of fortune

Uddhava’s messages and instructions saved the gopīs from immediate death, and the gopīs acknowledged Uddhava practically acted as the preceptor spiritual master of the gopīs, and in return they worshiped him as they would worship Kṛṣṇa. and it is accepted by great authorities that the spiritual master is the external manifestation of Kṛṣṇa The gopīs were relieved from their transcendental burning condition by realizing that Kṛṣṇa was with

Uddhava minutely studied the transcendental abnormal condition of the gopīs in their separation from Kṛṣṇa, and he thought it wise to repeat again and again all the pastimes they had enjoyed with Him. The gopīs were burning in a transcendental blazing fire due to separation from Kṛṣṇa. The blazing fire exasperating the gopīs, however, is different from the fire of the material world. The gopīs constantly wanted the association of Kṛṣṇa, whereas materialistic persons constantly want the

Uddhava was attracted by the attitude of the gopīs because they were completely attached to Kṛṣṇa, and he was inspired by the gopīs’ anxiety for Kṛṣṇa. qualities as follows: “Among all the living entities who have accepted the human form of life, the gopīs Their thought is eternally absorbed in the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. gopīs, having lovingly accepted the Lord, are automatically accustomed to this and do not depend on

Kṛṣṇa reminded the gopīs that at the time of the rāsa dance those gopīs who could not join Him for the Absorption in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by feeling separation is thus the quickest method for attainment of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. By the personal statement of Kṛṣṇa, the gopīs were convinced about the strength of feelings of separation that Kṛṣṇa was not away from them but always with them.

It is stated by Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura that Kṛṣṇa saved the cowherd boys from the blazing forest Similarly, Uddhava advised the gopīs that they could be saved from the fire of separation by closing From the outside, the gopīs could visualize all the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa by hearing the descriptions of From the instructions of Uddhava, the gopīs could understand that Kṛṣṇa was not separate from them. As they were constantly thinking of Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa was also thinking of them constantly at Mathurā.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the forty-seventh chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Delivery of the Message of Kṛṣṇa to the Gopīs.”

Another gopī said, “Kṛṣṇa has killed His enemy, and He has victoriously achieved the kingdom of Kaṁsa

When the gopīs saw Uddhava, they observed that his features almost exactly resembled those of Kṛṣṇa, and they could understand that he was a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa’s. In Kṛṣṇa’s absence, the gopīs had been coming dutifully to visit Mother Yaśodā’s house early in the morning Seeing the friends of Kṛṣṇa, Nanda and Yaśodā would remember Kṛṣṇa Himself and be satisfied, and the gopīs also would be pleased by seeing Nanda and Yaśodā.

The Six Gosvāmīs also taught worship of Kṛṣṇa in the feeling of the gopīs in separation. When they lived in Vṛndāvana they were searching for Kṛṣṇa, crying, “Where are You, Kṛṣṇa? O gopīs, where are you? Where are You, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?” They never said, “We have now seen Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and therefore our mission is fulfilled.” Their mission remained always unfulfilled: they never met Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

The gopīs were so much attracted to Kṛṣṇa that when they heard the vibration of His flute they instantly left their homes, families, children, honor and feminine bashfulness and ran toward the place where Kṛṣṇa Not daring to place the dust of the gopīs’ feet on his own head in this life, Uddhava aspired to have He would then be able to have the dust of the gopīs’ feet.

Uddhava continued: “The supreme benediction attained by the gopīs in spite of their being born in the The gopīs are so fortunate that during the rāsa-līlā Kṛṣṇa personally embraced them with His arms and Certainly it is not possible for any women in the three worlds to achieve this except the gopīs.

The gopīs are in the perfectional stage of meditation. This constant meditation on Kṛṣṇa by the gopīs is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā to be the topmost yoga Kṛṣṇa knew very well the psychology of women. Kṛṣṇa wanted to teach through the behavior of the gopīs that one who is constantly in trance like the gopīs surely attains His lotus feet.

Uddhava understood that the gopīs of Vṛndāvana were all simply absorbed in the thought of Kṛṣṇa and His While talking about Kṛṣṇa with Uddhava, they forgot all about their household business. They even forgot about themselves as their interest in Kṛṣṇa increased more and more.

said by Śrīnivāsācārya that the Six Gosvāmīs were always merged in thoughts of the activities of the gopīs Caitanya Mahāprabhu has also recommended the gopīs’ method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead Gosvāmī has also recommended that anyone who hears from the right source about the dealings of the gopīs with Kṛṣṇa and who follows the instructions laid down by the previous ācāryas will be elevated to the

I wish to take birth as one of the plants or creepers in Vṛndāvana, who are so fortunate that the gopīs The gopīs have so lovingly served Kṛṣṇa, Mukunda Himself, the giver of liberation, who is searched after

The gopīs further expressed that Vṛndāvana was still full of all opulence and good fortune; there was But in spite of such opulence they could not forget Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Uddhava appreciated the extraordinary fortune of the gopīs, who were relieved of all material pangs and anxieties by placing on their beautiful high breasts the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, which are worshiped not Thus Uddhava prayed to be constantly honored by the dust from the lotus feet of the gopīs, whose chanting of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes has become celebrated all over the three worlds.

Love of Kṛṣṇa, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is therefore the perfection of real knowledge in understanding Their minds are always in Kṛṣṇa. The mind is nothing but the energy of Kṛṣṇa. But the stage in which he can understand his eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness Kṛṣṇa consciousness. As for the gopīs, because they are always thinking of Kṛṣṇa, they are on the absolute stage of perfection