The gopīs

121 verses across the Bhagavad-gītā.

• SB 10.22.14 [The gopīs said:] Dear Kṛṣṇa, don’t be unfair! We know that You are the respectable son of Nanda and that You are honored by everyone in…
• SB 10.22.15 O Śyāmasundara, we are Your maidservants and must do whatever You say. But give us back our clothing. You know what the religious…
• SB 10.30.5 [The gopīs said:] O aśvattha tree, O plakṣa, O nyagrodha, have you seen Kṛṣṇa? That son of Nanda Mahārāja has gone away after stealing our…
• SB 10.30.6 O kurabaka tree, O aśoka, O nāga, punnāga and campaka, has Balarāma’s younger brother, whose smile removes the audacity of all proud…
• SB 10.30.7 O most kind tulasī, to whom the feet of Govinda are so dear, have you seen that infallible one walk by, wearing you and encircled by…
• SB 10.30.8 O mālati, O mallikā, O jāti and yūthikā, has Mādhava gone by here, giving you pleasure with the touch of His hand?
• SB 10.30.9 O cūta, O priyāla, O panasa, āsana and kovidāra, O jambu, O arka, O bilva, bakula and āmra, O kadamba and nīpa and all you other plants…
• SB 10.30.10 O mother earth, what austerity did you perform to attain the touch of Lord Keśava’s lotus feet, which has brought you such great joy that…
• SB 10.30.11 O friend, wife of the deer, has Lord Acyuta been here with His beloved, bringing great joy to your eyes? Indeed, blowing this way is the…
• SB 10.30.12 O trees, we see that you are bowing down. When the younger brother of Rāma walked by here, followed by intoxicated bees swarming around…
• SB 10.30.13 Let us ask these creepers about Kṛṣṇa. Even though they are embracing the arms of their husband, this tree, they certainly must have been…
• SB 10.30.14 Having spoken these words, the gopīs, distraught from searching for Kṛṣṇa, began to act out His various pastimes, fully absorbed in…
• SB 10.30.15 One gopī imitated Pūtanā, while another acted like infant Kṛṣṇa and pretended to suck her breast. Another gopī, crying in imitation of…
• SB 10.30.16 One gopī took the role of Tṛṇāvarta and carried away another, who was acting like infant Kṛṣṇa, while yet another gopī crawled about, her…
• SB 10.30.17 Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa’s killing of…
• SB 10.30.18 When one gopī perfectly imitated how Kṛṣṇa would call the cows who had wandered far away, how He would play His flute and how He would…
• SB 10.30.19 Another gopī, her mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa, walked about with her arm resting on the shoulder of a friend and declared, “I am Kṛṣṇa! Just see…
• SB 10.30.20 “Don’t be afraid of the wind and rain,” said one gopī. “I will save you.” And with that she lifted her shawl above her head.
• SB 10.30.21 [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, one gopī climbed on another’s shoulders and, putting her foot on the other’s head, said, “Go away…
• SB 10.30.22 Then another gopī spoke up: My dear cowherd boys, look at this raging forest fire! Quickly close your eyes and I will easily protect you.
• SB 10.30.23 One gopī tied up her slender companion with a flower garland and said, “Now I will bind this boy who has broken the butter pots and stolen…
• SB 10.30.24 While the gopīs were thus imitating Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes and asking Vṛndāvana’s creepers and trees where Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul, might be,…
• SB 10.30.25 [The gopīs said:] The marks of a flag, lotus, thunderbolt, elephant goad, barleycorn and so forth on these footprints clearly distinguish…
• SB 10.30.26 The gopīs began following Kṛṣṇa’s path, as shown by His many footprints, but when they saw that these prints were thoroughly intermixed…
• SB 10.30.27 [The gopīs said:] Here we see the footprints of some gopī who must have been walking along with the son of Nanda Mahārāja. He must have…
• SB 10.30.28 Certainly this particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her…
• SB 10.30.29 O girls! The dust of Govinda’s lotus feet is so sacred that even Brahmā, Śiva and the goddess Ramā take that dust upon their heads to…
• SB 10.30.30 These footprints of that special gopī greatly disturb us. Of all the gopīs, She alone was taken away to a secluded place, where She is…
• SB 10.30.31 Please observe, my dear gopīs, how in this place lusty Kṛṣṇa’s footprints are pressed more deeply into the ground. Carrying the weight of…
• SB 10.30.32 Just see how in this place dear Kṛṣṇa collected flowers for His beloved. Here He has left the impression of only the front part of His…
• SB 10.30.33 Certainly Kṛṣṇa sat down here with His girlfriend to arrange Her hair. The lusty boy must have made a crown for that lusty girl out of the…
• SB 10.30.34 [Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with that gopī, although He enjoys only within, being self-satisfied and complete in…
• SB 10.30.35-36 As the gopīs wandered about, their minds completely bewildered, they pointed out various signs of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. The particular gopī…
• SB 10.30.37 As the two lovers passed through one part of the Vṛndāvana forest, the special gopī began feeling proud of Herself. She told Lord Keśava,…
• SB 10.30.38 Thus addressed, Lord Kṛṣṇa replied, “Just climb on My shoulder.” But as soon as He said this, He disappeared. His beloved consort then…
• SB 10.30.39 She cried out: O master! My lover! O dearmost, where are You? Where are You? Please, O mighty-armed one, O friend, show Yourself to Me,…
• SB 10.31.1 The gopīs said: O beloved, Your birth in the land of Vraja has made it exceedingly glorious, and thus Indirā, the goddess of fortune,…
• SB 10.31.2 O Lord of love, in beauty Your glance excels the whorl of the finest, most perfectly formed lotus within the autumn pond. O bestower of…
• SB 10.31.3 O greatest of personalities, You have repeatedly saved us from all kinds of danger — from poisoned water, from the terrible man-eater…
• SB 10.31.4 You are not actually the son of the gopī Yaśodā, O friend, but rather the indwelling witness in the hearts of all embodied souls. Because…
• SB 10.31.5 O best of the Vṛṣṇis, Your lotuslike hand, which holds the hand of the goddess of fortune, grants fearlessness to those who approach Your…
• SB 10.31.6 O You who destroy the suffering of Vraja’s people, O hero of all women, Your smile shatters the false pride of Your devotees. Please, dear…
• SB 10.31.7 Your lotus feet destroy the past sins of all embodied souls who surrender to them. Those feet follow after the cows in the pastures and…
• SB 10.31.8 O lotus-eyed one, Your sweet voice and charming words, which attract the minds of the intelligent, are bewildering us more and more. Our…
• SB 10.31.9 The nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those suffering in this material world. These…
• SB 10.31.10 Your smiles, Your sweet, loving glances, the intimate pastimes and confidential talks we enjoyed with You — all these are auspicious to…
• SB 10.31.11 Dear master, dear lover, when You leave the cowherd village to herd the cows, our minds are disturbed with the thought that Your feet,…
• SB 10.31.12 At the end of the day You repeatedly show us Your lotus face, covered with dark blue locks of hair and thickly powdered with dust. Thus, O…
• SB 10.31.13 Your lotus feet, which are worshiped by Lord Brahmā, fulfill the desires of all who bow down to them. They are the ornament of the earth,…
• SB 10.31.14 O hero, kindly distribute to us the nectar of Your lips, which enhances conjugal pleasure and vanquishes grief. That nectar is thoroughly…
• SB 10.31.15 When You go off to the forest during the day, a tiny fraction of a second becomes like a millennium for us because we cannot see You. And…
• SB 10.31.16 Dear Acyuta, You know very well why we have come here. Who but a cheater like You would abandon young women who come to see Him in the…
• SB 10.31.17 Our minds are repeatedly bewildered as we think of the intimate conversations we had with You in secret, feel the rise of lust in our…
• SB 10.31.18 O beloved, Your all-auspicious appearance vanquishes the distress of those living in Vraja’s forests. Our minds long for Your association.…
• SB 10.31.19 O dearly beloved! Your lotus feet are so soft that we place them gently on our breasts, fearing that Your feet will be hurt. Our life…
• SB 10.32.16 The gopīs said: Some people reciprocate the affection only of those who are affectionate toward them, while others show affection even to…
• SB 10.35.2-3 The gopīs said: When Mukunda vibrates the flute He has placed to His lips, stopping its holes with His tender fingers, He rests His left…
• SB 10.35.4-5 O girls! This son of Nanda, who gives joy to the distressed, bears steady lightning on His chest and has a smile like a jeweled necklace.…
• SB 10.35.6-7 My dear gopī, sometimes Mukunda imitates the appearance of a wrestler by decorating Himself with leaves, peacock feathers and colored…
• SB 10.35.8-11 Kṛṣṇa moves about the forest in the company of His friends, who vividly chant the glories of His magnificent deeds. He thus appears just…
• SB 10.35.12-13 O goddesses of Vraja, when Kṛṣṇa is enjoying Himself with Balarāma on the mountain slopes, playfully wearing a flower garland on the top…
• SB 10.35.14-15 O pious mother Yaśodā, your son, who is expert in all the arts of herding cows, has invented many new styles of flute-playing. When He…
• SB 10.35.16-17 As Kṛṣṇa strolls through Vraja with His lotus-petal-like feet, marking the ground with the distinctive emblems of flag, thunderbolt, lotus…
• SB 10.35.18-19 Now Kṛṣṇa is standing somewhere counting His cows on a string of gems. He wears a garland of tulasī flowers that bear the fragrance of His…
• SB 10.35.20-21 O sinless Yaśodā, your darling child, the son of Mahārāja Nanda, has festively enhanced His attire with a jasmine garland, and He is now…
• SB 10.35.22-23 Out of great affection for the cows of Vraja, Kṛṣṇa became the lifter of Govardhana Hill. At the end of the day, having rounded up all His…
• SB 10.35.24-25 As Kṛṣṇa respectfully greets His well-wishing friends, His eyes roll slightly as if from intoxication. He wears a flower garland, and the…
• SB 10.39.19 The gopīs said: O Providence, you have no mercy! You bring embodied creatures together in friendship and love and then senselessly…
• SB 10.39.20 Having shown us Mukunda’s face, framed by dark locks and beautified by His fine cheeks, raised nose and gentle smiles, which eradicate all…
• SB 10.39.21 O Providence, though you come here with the name Akrūra, you are indeed cruel, for like a fool you are taking away what you once gave us —…
• SB 10.39.22 Alas, Nanda’s son, who breaks loving friendships in a second, will not even look directly at us. Forcibly brought under His control, we…
• SB 10.39.23 The dawn following this night will certainly be auspicious for the women of Mathurā. All their hopes will now be fulfilled, for as the…
• SB 10.39.24 O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey-sweet words…
• SB 10.39.25 When the Dāśārhas, Bhojas, Andhakas, Vṛṣṇis and Sātvatas see the son of Devakī in Mathurā, they will certainly enjoy a great festival for…
• SB 10.39.26 He who is doing this merciless deed should not be called Akrūra. He is so extremely cruel that without even trying to console the…
• SB 10.39.27 Hard-hearted Kṛṣṇa has already mounted the chariot, and now the foolish cowherds are hurrying after Him in their bullock carts. Even the…
• SB 10.39.28 Let us directly approach Mādhava and stop Him from going. What can our family elders and other relatives do to us? Now that fate is…
• SB 10.39.29 When He brought us to the assembly of the rāsa dance, where we enjoyed His affectionate and charming smiles, His delightful secret talks,…
• SB 10.39.30 How can we exist without Ananta’s friend Kṛṣṇa, who in the evening would return to Vraja in the company of the cowherd boys, His hair and…
• SB 10.47.4 [The gopīs said:] We know that you are the personal servant of Kṛṣṇa, the chief of the Yadus, and that you have come here on the order of…
• SB 10.47.5 We see nothing else He might consider worth remembering in these cow pastures of Vraja. Indeed, the bonds of affection for one’s family…
• SB 10.47.6 The friendship shown toward others — those who are not family members — is motivated by personal interest, and thus it is a pretense that…
• SB 10.47.7 Prostitutes abandon a penniless man, subjects an incompetent king, students their teacher once they have finished their education, and…
• SB 10.47.8 Birds abandon a tree when its fruits are gone, guests a house after they have eaten, animals a forest that has burnt down, and a lover the…
• SB 10.47.9-10 Thus speaking, the gopīs, whose words, bodies and minds were fully dedicated to Lord Govinda, put aside all their regular work now that…
• SB 10.47.11 One of the gopīs, while meditating on Her previous association with Kṛṣṇa, saw a honeybee before Her and imagined it to be a messenger…
• SB 10.47.12 The gopī said: O honeybee, O friend of a cheater, don’t touch My feet with your whiskers, which are smeared with the kuṅkuma that rubbed…
• SB 10.47.13 After making us drink the enchanting nectar of His lips only once, Kṛṣṇa suddenly abandoned us, just as you might quickly abandon some…
• SB 10.47.14 O bee, why do you sing here so much about the Lord of the Yadus, in front of us homeless people? These topics are old news to us. Better…
• SB 10.47.15 In heaven, on earth or in the subterranean sphere, what women are unavailable to Him? He simply arches His eyebrows and smiles with…
• SB 10.47.16 Keep your head off My feet! I know what you’re doing. You expertly learned diplomacy from Mukunda, and now you come as His messenger with…
• SB 10.47.17 Like a hunter, He cruelly shot the king of the monkeys with arrows. Because He was conquered by a woman, He disfigured another woman who…
• SB 10.47.18 To hear about the pastimes that Kṛṣṇa regularly performs is nectar for the ears. For those who relish just a single drop of that nectar,…
• SB 10.47.19 Faithfully taking His deceitful words as true, we became just like the black deer’s foolish wives, who trust the cruel hunter’s song. Thus…
• SB 10.47.20 O friend of My dear one, has My beloved sent you here again? I should honor you, friend, so please choose whatever boon you wish. But why…
• SB 10.47.21 O Uddhava! It is indeed regrettable that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā. Does He remember His father’s household affairs and His friends, the…
• SB 10.47.39 The gopīs said: It is very good that Kaṁsa, the enemy and persecutor of the Yadus, has now been killed, along with his followers. And it…
• SB 10.47.40 Gentle Uddhava, is the elder brother of Gada now bestowing on the city women the pleasure that actually belongs to us? We suppose those…
• SB 10.47.41 Śrī Kṛṣṇa is expert in all kinds of conjugal affairs and is the darling of the city women. How can He not become entangled, now that He’s…
• SB 10.47.42 O saintly one, does Govinda ever remember us during His conversations with the city women? Does He ever mention us village girls as He…
• SB 10.47.43 Does He recall those nights in the Vṛndāvana forest, lovely with lotus, jasmine and the bright moon? As we glorified His charming…
• SB 10.47.44 Will that descendant of Daśārha return here and by the touch of His limbs bring back to life those who are now burning with the grief He…
• SB 10.47.45 But why should Kṛṣṇa come here after winning a kingdom, killing His enemies and marrying the daughters of kings? He’s satisfied there,…
• SB 10.47.46 The great soul Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of the goddess of fortune, and He automatically achieves whatever He desires. How can we forest-dwellers…
• SB 10.47.47 Indeed, the greatest happiness is to renounce all desires, as even the prostitute Piṅgalā has declared. Yet even though we know this, we…
• SB 10.47.48 Who can bear to give up intimate talks with Lord Uttamaḥśloka? Although He shows no interest in her, Goddess Śrī never moves from her…
• SB 10.47.49 Dear Uddhava Prabhu, when Kṛṣṇa was here in the company of Saṅkarṣaṇa, He enjoyed all these rivers, hills, forests, cows and flute sounds.
• SB 10.47.50 All these remind us constantly of Nanda’s son. Indeed, because we see Kṛṣṇa’s footprints, which are marked with divine symbols, we can…
• SB 10.47.51 O Uddhava, how can we forget Him when our hearts have been stolen away by the charming way He walks, His generous smile and playful…
• SB 10.47.52 O master, O master of the goddess of fortune, O master of Vraja! O destroyer of all suffering, Govinda, please lift Your Gokula out of the…
• SB 10.47.53 Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Lord Kṛṣṇa’s messages having relieved their fever of separation, the gopīs then worshiped Uddhava, recognizing…
• SB 10.47.54 Uddhava remained there for several months, dispelling the gopīs’ sorrow by chanting the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Thus he brought…
• SB 10.47.55 All the days that Uddhava dwelled in Nanda’s cowherd village seemed like a single moment to the residents of Vraja, for Uddhava was always…
• SB 10.47.56 That servant of Lord Hari, seeing the rivers, forests, mountains, valleys and flowering trees of Vraja, enjoyed inspiring the inhabitants…
• SB 10.47.57 Thus seeing how the gopīs were always disturbed because of their total absorption in Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava was supremely pleased. Desiring to…
• SB 10.47.58 [Uddhava sang:] Among all persons on earth, these cowherd women alone have actually perfected their embodied lives, for they have achieved…
• SB 10.47.59 How amazing it is that these simple women who wander about the forest, seemingly spoiled by improper behavior, have achieved the…
• SB 10.47.60 When Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was dancing with the gopīs in the rāsa-līlā, the gopīs were embraced by the arms of the Lord. This transcendental…
• SB 10.47.61 The gopīs of Vṛndāvana have given up the association of their husbands, sons and other family members, who are very difficult to give up,…
• SB 10.47.62 The goddess of fortune herself, along with Lord Brahmā and all the other demigods, who are masters of yogic perfection, can worship the…
• SB 10.47.63 I repeatedly offer my respects to the dust from the feet of the women of Nanda Mahārāja’s cowherd village. When these gopīs loudly chant…