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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.82

āhuka-prabhṛtīnāṁ tu prītir vātsalya-miśritā |
[aahuka-prabhriteenaam tu preetir vaatsalya-mishritaa |]
jarad-ābhīrikādīnāṁ vātsalyaṁ sakhya-miśritam ||82||
[jarad-aabheerikaadeenaam vaatsalyam sakhya-mishritam ||82||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
āhuka-prabhṛtīnāṁ tu prītir vātsalya-miśritā |
jarad-ābhīrikādīnāṁ vātsalyaṁ sakhya-miśritam ||82||
Ugrasena and others have dāsya, mixed with some vatsala. Aged gopīs have vatsala mixed with sakhya.

Similarly, the transcendental mellow of Ugrasena, Kṛṣṇa’s grandfather, is mixed with servitude and parental affection. The affection of all the elderly gopīs in Vṛndāvana is a mixture of parental love, servitude and fraternity.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

The element of sakhya in the elderly gopīs is because of a slight joking mood in their relationship with Kṛṣṇa.

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