SB 1.10.28

नूनं व्रतस्नानहुतादिनेश्वरः समर्चितो ह्यस्य गृहीतपाणिभिः ।
पिबन्ति याः सख्यधरामृतं मुहुर्व्रजस्त्रियः सम्मुमुहुर्यदाशयाः ॥ २८ ॥
nūnaṁ vrata-snāna-hutādineśvaraḥ
samarcito hy asya gṛhīta-pāṇibhiḥ
pibanti yāḥ sakhy adharāmṛtaṁ muhur
vraja-striyaḥ sammumuhur yad-āśayāḥ
 

Synonyms

sakhi — O friend; īśvaraḥ — this very Lord [ayam eva85]; nūnam — [has] certainly [niścitam etat86]; hi — indeed; samarcitaḥ — been perfectly worshiped [in birth after birth (janmāntareṣu)]; vrata-snāna-hutādinā — through austere vows, bathing in holy places, fire sacrifices, and other such practices; gṛhīta-pāṇibhiḥ — by those women who have been accepted in marriage; asya — of [i.e., by] Him [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; [why is such an inference being made? (kuta etad anumīyate),87 because]; yāḥ — they; muhuḥ — constantly; pibanti — drink; adhara-amṛtam — the nectar of His lips; [for obtaining which]; vraja-striyaḥ — the women of Vraja; yat-āśayāḥ — whose hearts are fully immersed in this nectar alone [yasmin adharāmṛte āśayaś cittaṁ yāsāṁ tāḥ]; sammumuhuḥ — become maddened [sammohaṁ prāptāḥ].

Translation

O friend, this very Lord has certainly indeed been perfectly worshiped [in birth after birth], through austere vows, bathing in holy places, fire sacrifices, and other such practices, by those women who have been accepted in marriage by Him [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], because they constantly drink the nectar of His lips, for obtaining which, the women of Vraja, whose hearts are fully immersed in this nectar alone, become maddened.88

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