श्रीशुक उवाच गोप्यश्च कृष्णमुपलभ्य चिरादभीष्टं यत्प्रेक्षणे दृशिषु पक्ष्मकृतं शपन्ति । दृग्भिर्हृदीकृतमलं परिरभ्य सर्वा- स्तद्भावमापुरपि नित्ययुजां दुरापम् ॥ ३९ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca gopyaś ca kṛṣṇam upalabhya cirād abhīṣṭaṁ yat-prekṣaṇe dṛśiṣu pakṣma-kṛtaṁ śapanti dṛgbhir hṛdī-kṛtam alaṁ parirabhya sarvās tad-bhāvam āpur api nitya-yujāṁ durāpam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- gopyaḥ
- the young cowherd women
- ca
- and
- kṛṣṇam
- Kṛṣṇa
- upalabhya
- sighting
- cirāt
- after a long time
- abhīṣṭam
- their object of desire
- yat
- whom
- prekṣaṇe
- while seeing
- dṛśiṣu
- on their eyes
- pakṣma
- of lids
- kṛtam
- the maker
- śapanti
- they would curse
- dṛgbhiḥ
- with their eyes
- hṛdī-kṛtam
- taken into their hearts
- alam
- to their satisfaction
- parirabhya
- embracing
- sarvāḥ
- all of them
- tat
- in Him
- bhāvam
- ecstatic absorption
- āpuḥ
- attained
- api
- even though
- nitya
- constantly
- yujām
- for those who engage in yogic discipline
- durāpam
- difficult to attain
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While gazing at their beloved Kṛṣṇa, the young gopīs used to condemn the creator of their eyelids, [which would momentarily block their vision of Him]. Now, seeing Kṛṣṇa again after such a long separation, with their eyes they took Him into their hearts, and there they embraced Him to their full satisfaction. In this way they became totally absorbed in ecstatic meditation on Him, although those who constantly practice mystic yoga find such absorption difficult to achieve.