क्वेमा: स्त्रियो वनचरीर्व्यभिचारदुष्टा: कृष्णे क्व चैष परमात्मनि रूढभाव: । नन्वीश्वरोऽनुभजतोऽविदुषोऽपि साक्षा- च्छ्रेयस्तनोत्यगदराज इवोपयुक्त: ॥ ५९ ॥
kvemāḥ striyo vana-carīr vyabhicāra-duṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇe kva caiṣa paramātmani rūḍha-bhāvaḥ nanv īśvaro ’nubhajato ’viduṣo ’pi sākṣāc chreyas tanoty agada-rāja ivopayuktaḥ
- kva
- where, in comparison
- imāḥ
- these
- striyaḥ
- women
- vana
- in the forests
- carīḥ
- who wander
- vyabhicāra
- by improper behavior
- duṣṭāḥ
- contaminated
- kṛṣṇe
- for Kṛṣṇa
- kva ca
- and where
- eṣaḥ
- this
- parama-ātmani
- for the Supreme Soul
- rūḍha-bhāvaḥ
- stage of perfect love (known technically as mahā-bhāva)
- nanu
- certainly
- īśvaraḥ
- the Personality of Godhead
- anubhajataḥ
- to one who constantly worships Him
- aviduṣaḥ
- not learned
- api
- even though
- sākṣāt
- directly
- śreyaḥ
- the highest good
- tanoti
- bestows
- agada
- of medicines
- rājaḥ
- the king (namely, the nectar which the demigods drink for long life)
- iva
- as if
- upayuktaḥ
- taken
How amazing it is that these simple women who wander about the forest, seemingly spoiled by improper behavior, have achieved the perfection of unalloyed love for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul! Still, it is true that the Supreme Lord Himself awards His blessings even to an ignorant worshiper, just as the best medicine works even when taken by a person ignorant of its ingredients.