CC Madhya 9.133 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 133
- śruti-gaṇa gopī-gaṇera anugata hañā
- vrajeśvarī-suta bhaje gopī-bhāva lañā
SYNONYMS
śruti-gaṇa—the authorities of Vedic hymns; gopī-gaṇera—of the gopīs; anugata hañā—following in the footsteps; vrajeśvarī-suta—the son of mother Yaśodā; bhaje—worship; gopī-bhāva—the ecstasy of the gopīs; lañā—accepting.
TRANSLATION
“The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-gaṇas worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs and followed in their footsteps.
PURPORT
The authorities in the Vedic literature who are known as the śruti-gaṇas desired to enter into Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa dance; therefore they began to worship the Lord in the ecstasy of the gopīs. In the beginning, however, they were unsuccessful. When they could not enter the dance simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa in the ecstasy of the gopīs, they actually accepted bodies like those of the gopīs. They even took birth in Vrajabhūmi just like the gopīs and consequently became engrossed in the ecstasy of the gopīs’ love. In this way they were allowed to enter into the rāsa-līlā dance of the Lord.