When Baladeva, crest jewel of cleverness, saw at a somewhat distant place obstructed from view, the gopis, their hearts bursting in longing, ready to give up their lives if they could not meet him,, he rose and left the room> The gopis then attained an ecstatic state described in this verse. In some text it seems it says rsir uvaca. By designating Sukadeva as rsi, there is indication that he will here reveal the highest truth. The word ca means tu, (but), to distinguish the special position of the gopis from all others. What gopis? Their extraordinary quality is then described: they cursed the creator for making eyelids which obstruct their vision of Krsna.. They could not tolerate the separation from seeing him caused by the moment the eyelid blinked. Though these women had the highest respect for all and any devata, they could curse the chief of all the devas. Such was their intolerance of their separation. This implies anger at Krsna for giving this separation to them (since he is the ultimate creator). Pulling him with their glances, with their eyes as doorways they made him enter their heart, embraced him, and attained rare mahabhava in relation to him (tad bhavam), with at sense of oneness with him "See, I am Krsna." (nityayujam) Or : They attained at state rare even for the best of atma ramas (nitya yujam), the great masters of yoga such as Siva. In this case, there is another hint of anger at Krsna: Krsna will now teach the gopis adhyatma jnana (as in the message sent through Uddhava). Or: they attained mahabhava, rare even to eternal wives (nitya yujam) such as Rukmini.

With either meaning, Yaśodā did not answer Devakī’s statement. Rather, because she was absorbed in seeing her son after a long time, she did not hear at all and said nothing at all. After she did not speak, Śukadeva the sage endowed with all knowledge (śrī) spoke. He knew the bhāva of the gopīs and Kṛṣṇa. Thus one should firmly believe his words. It should of course be understood that even earlier, for a long time they were thin from experiencing separation from him and were burning up. Śukadeva now describes the arrival of the gopīs who had been brought to Kṛṣṇa’s private quarters by Uddhava. The word ca indicates “not only them but others, the gopīs, also.” Or ca can mean “but.” But more than the others, the gopīs now attained intimately (upa—labhya) Kṛṣṇa whom they desired to see for a long time with complete bhāva (abhi—iṣṭam). Or, they attained for a long period Kṛṣṇa who they held dearer than a thousand lives (abhīṣṭam). Their superior prema is then show. They cursed the creator of eyelids for their eyes because they desired to glance at him without break (pra—īksaṇe). The plural is used in dṛśiṣu to indicate many gopīs with many eyes. Why did the creator not remove the eyelid from the eye? Or because of extreme thirst in prema the plural refers to all the glances. Why were eyelids made for seeing? The long vowel in hṛdī is for metrical reasons. They placed him in their hearts and there embraced him fully (alam), by their free will. All of them (sarvāḥ), though of many different types, filled with pain from long separation, became one with him (tad-bhāvam), forgetting themselves because of an appearance of his clear manifestation. This was rare even for perfected yogīs. Or they had always kept him in their hearts but now they embraced him with their eyes (they gazed at him intensely with the greatest attachment). They then attained the highest limit of prema (tad-bhāvam). This means for a long time they fainted in bliss. This state was rarely attained even by Rukmiṇī and others who were constantly with him (nitya-yujām).