SB 1.9.40

Synonyms

[may I be granted love for Him alone, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (tasmin eva ratir astu iti pūrveṇaivānvayaḥ)¹³⁶]; yasya — whose; prakṛtim — intrinsic nature [(svarūpam); or whose essential being (svabhāvam)¹³⁷]; gopa-vadhvaḥ — the cowherd women; kila — certainly [as is well known (prasiddham)]; agan — attained [(agaman); meaning that the sense of perfect oneness of their own essential being with that of His arose in them (tat-svabhāva-nija-svabhāvayor aikyam eva tāsu jātam), out of total absorption in the state of divine love (premāveśo-jātaḥ)¹³⁸]; uru-mānāḥ — those cowherd women received the greatest honor [uru mahān mānaḥ pūjā yāsām tāḥ]; kalpita — made possible [or bestowed (dattaḥ);¹³⁹ by witnessing Kṛṣṇa’s own (ātmīyaiḥ), or by exhibiting their own (tadīyair vā)]; lalita-gati — charming disposition of the limbs [aṅgānām vinyāsa-bhaṅgi¹⁴⁰]; vilāsa — graceful movements; valgu-hāsa — bewitching smiles [exquisite mild smiles (sundaratara-hāsena manda-smitena)¹⁴¹]; praṇaya — [and] amorous; nirīkṣaṇa — glances [sidelong glances that indicate all of the internal feeling states that are constituted of divine love (prema-maya-sarva-bhāva-vyañjaka-kaṭākṣa)¹⁴²]; [in the rāsa-līlā (rāsādiḥ mañju gatyādibhiḥ)¹⁴³]; [hence (ataḥ)]; unmada-andhāḥ — when blinded by the madness of love in separation [(utkaṭena madena andhāḥ), and thus having attained oneness of heart with Him (ata eva tad-eka-cittatvena); being then bereft of all distinction between themselves and Him, and thus considering themselves as Kṛṣṇa (sva-para-viveka-rahitāḥ kṛṣṇam ātmānaṁ manyamānāḥ)¹⁴⁴]; anukṛtavatyaḥ — they imitated; [tasya] kṛtam — His divine play [such as lifting Govardhana Hill (govardhanodhāraṇādikam)].

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