SB 1.11.31
उत्तस्थुरारात्सहसासनाशयात्साकं व्रतैर्व्रीडितलोचनाननाः ॥ ३१ ॥
vilokya sañjāta-mano-mahotsavāḥ
uttasthur ārāt sahasāsanāśayāt
sākaṁ vratair vrīḍita-locanānanāḥ
Synonyms
vilokya — seeing; ārāt — from a distance [durād eva96]; patim — [their] husband; gṛha-anupāgatam — returning home; proṣya — [after] residing abroad [deśāntare uṣitvā]; patnyaḥ — [Kṛṣṇa’s] wives; mahā-utsavāḥ — felt a great festival of delight; sañjāta — arisen; manaḥ — in their hearts [manasi]; vrīḍita — [with] bashful; locana — eyes [casting only sidelong glances (apāṅgair eva vīkṣaṇāt)]; ānanāḥ — [and] faces [with lowered faces (avanata-mukhatvāt)]; sahasā — [they] immediately; uttasthuḥ — got up; āsana — [from] their physical seats [(āsanāt) by their bodies (dehena); meaning that they gave up (tatyajuḥ) the external seats where they were singularly engaged in the act of absorption in Kṛṣṇa (tad-āveśenaika-ceṣṭatayāvasthānāt)97]; āśayāt — [as well as] from their internalized seats [(antaḥkaraṇāt) by their minds (ātmanā); meaning that they gave up their internalized seats of rapt meditation on Him (tat-samādhi-lakṣaṇāt)98]; sākam vrataiḥ — along with their vows [the vows of a wife whose husband is travelling in distant lands (proṣita-bhartṛkā), which include giving up laughing, visiting other homes, attending public festivals, playing games, and decorating the body].
Translation
Seeing from a distance their husband returning home after residing abroad, Kṛṣṇa’s wives felt a great festival of delight arisen in their hearts. With bashful eyes and faces, they immediately gave up their physical seats as well as their internalized seats of rapt meditation on Him along with their vows [pertaining to the period of separation from their husband].