SB 10 29 39-48 - Aniruddha Prabhu - ISKCON Melbourne 2006-06-19.mp3	6.9 MB
SB 10 29 39-48 - Jai Nitai Prabhu - ISKCON London 2012-09-18.mp3	30.8 MB

evam bhagavatah krsnal

 labdha-mana mahatmanah

atmanam menire strinam

 maninyo hy adhikam bhuvi

 

Translation: 

 

The gopis became proud of themselves for having received such special attention from Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and each of them thought herself the best woman on earth.

 

Purport: 

 

The gopis were proud because they had attained as their lover the greatest of all personalities. So in a sense they were proud of Krsna. Also, the pride of the gopis was a pretense created by Krsna’s pastime potency in order to intensify their love for Him through separation. In this connection, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes Bharata Muni’s Natyasastra: na vina vipralambhena sambhogah pustim asnute. “Direct contact is not fully appreciated until separation has been experienced.”