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After searching for Kṛṣṇa here and there, the gopīs became fatigued, and then they began to talk like One gopī imitated child Kṛṣṇa and lay down on the ground, and one gopī became the demon Tṛṇāvarta and carried the small child Kṛṣṇa by force into the sky; and one of the gopīs began to imitate Kṛṣṇa while One of the gopīs took another gopī on her shoulders, just as Kṛṣṇa used to take His boyfriends. Absorbed in thoughts of Kṛṣṇa, the gopī who was carrying her friend began to boast that she was Kṛṣṇa

As the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa danced together, a very blissful musical sound was produced from the tinkling While Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs danced, they displayed extraordinary bodily features. ’ breasts, gopīs’ clothes and earrings, their cheeks, their hair with flowers – as Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs Kṛṣṇa’s bodily features appeared just like a group of clouds, the gopīs’ songs were like thunder, their In this way, the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa fully engaged in dancing.

The gopīs and Kṛṣṇa entered the water of the Yamunā just to relieve their fatigue from the rāsa dance The lily-flower garlands around the necks of the gopīs were strewn to pieces due to the gopīs’ embracing Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs entered the water of the Yamunā just as an elephant enters a water tank with his Both the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa forgot their real identities, playing in the water, enjoying each other’s company The gopīs began to splash water on the body of Kṛṣṇa, all the while smiling, and Kṛṣṇa enjoyed this.

Lord Kṛṣṇa was in favor of Arjuna; therefore, along with other members of the family, He tried to pacify Balarāma by falling at His feet and begging Him to pardon Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa convinced Lord Balarāma that Subhadrā was attached to Arjuna, and thus Balarāma became pleased to know that she wanted Arjuna as her husband.

Arjuna, the grandfather of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, was himself extraordinarily beautiful, and his bodily structure was very attractive to Subhadrā, who decided within her mind that she would accept only Arjuna as her As a simple girl, she was smiling with great pleasure, looking at Arjuna. Thus Arjuna also became more and more attracted by her. In this way, Subhadrā dedicated herself to Arjuna, and he resolved to marry her by any means.

In the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and that He (Kṛṣṇa) could remember all of them but Arjuna could not. This illustrates the difference between the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa and that of Arjuna. Arjuna might have been a very great warrior, a well-cultured member of the Kuru dynasty, but after all

While Kṛṣṇa was enjoying the company of the gopīs in the rāsa dance, the astonished demigods and their The gopīs had prayed to the goddess Kātyāyanī to have Kṛṣṇa as their husband. Now Kṛṣṇa was fulfilling their desire by expanding Himself in as many forms as there were gopīs and enjoying

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

Upon hearing the anxious plea of the gopīs, the Supreme Personality of Godhead smiled, and being very When Kṛṣṇa, smiling, looked at the faces of the gopīs, the beauty of their faces became a hundred times In such a transcendental atmosphere, the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa began to enjoy one another. While they were walking on the bank of the Yamunā, Kṛṣṇa would sometimes put His arms around a gopī’s When Kṛṣṇa touched the bodies of the gopīs, their lust to embrace Him increased.

The next excellence of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s appearance was that although He apparently gave protection to the Lord Kṛṣṇa is the bestower of five kinds of liberation, of which sāyujya-mukti, or the liberation of becoming one with the Supreme, was given to demons like Kaṁsa, whereas the gopīs were given the chance The gopīs kept their individuality to enjoy the company of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but Kaṁsa was accepted into His enemies and the gopīs were friends, the demons were killed and the gopīs protected.

Actually, Kṛṣṇa is the husband of everyone because He is the supreme enjoyer. The gopīs wanted Kṛṣṇa to be their husband, but factually there was no possibility of His marrying all the gopīs. between the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa is called parakīya-rasa. and the gopīs.

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

Arjuna felt tired and thirsty from hunting, and therefore he went to the bank of the Yamunā along with When both the Kṛṣṇas, namely Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, reached the bank of the Yamunā (Arjuna is sometimes called Kṛṣṇa asked His friend Arjuna to go forward and ask the girl who she was. By the order of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna immediately approached the girl, who was very beautiful. Arjuna inquired, “My dear girl, you are so beautiful with your raised breasts.

In the presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa and others, the brāhmaṇa began to accuse Arjuna: “Everyone see my foolishness I put my faith in the words of Arjuna, who is impotent and who is expert only in false promises. How foolish I was to believe Arjuna. I therefore condemn Arjuna for his false promise, and I also condemn his celebrated bow Gāṇḍīva and his Due to sheer foolishness only, Arjuna thought he could bring back my child from another planet.”

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

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the twenty-second chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “Stealing the Garments of the Unmarried Gopī Girls.”

As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā, all these gopīs are expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure potency. Touching their bodies with His hands and looking at their pleasing eyes, Kṛṣṇa enjoyed the gopīs exactly When Kṛṣṇa touched the different parts of their bodies, the gopīs felt surcharged with spiritual energy garments became scattered, and their ornaments loosened as they forgot themselves in the company of Kṛṣṇa

When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma entered the village of Vṛndāvana along with Their friends, They played Their Both He and Balarāma played Their flutes, and the young gopīs were joyous to see Kṛṣṇa returning home All the gopīs in Vṛndāvana remained very morose on account of Kṛṣṇa’s absence. When Kṛṣṇa entered the village, the young gopīs smiled and laughed. Kṛṣṇa, while playing the flute, enjoyed the beautiful smiling faces of the gopīs.

The gopīs cried all night before the departure of Kṛṣṇa. In spite of Kṛṣṇa’s asking the gopīs not to obstruct Their way, they all surrounded the chariot and stood Kṛṣṇa was very much affected upon seeing the plight of the gopīs, but His duty was to start for Mathurā Kṛṣṇa therefore consoled the gopīs. All the gopīs decided that Kṛṣṇa was not returning immediately, and with greatly disappointed hearts