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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.43.28

గోప్యోఽస్య నిత్యముదితహసితప్రేక్షణం ముఖమ్ । పశ్యన్త్యో వివిధాంస్తాపాంస్తరన్తి స్మాశ్రమం ముదా ॥ ౨౮ ॥
gopyo ’sya nitya-mudita-
[gopyo ’sya nitya-mudita-]
hasita-prekṣaṇaṁ mukham
[hasita-prekshanam mukham]
paśyantyo vividhāṁs tāpāṁs
[pashyantyo vividhaams taapaams]
taranti smāśramaṁ mudā
[taranti smaashramam mudaa]
gopyaḥ — the young gopīs asya — His nitya — always mudita — cheerful hasita — smiling prekṣaṇam — whose glance mukham — the face paśyantyaḥ — seeing vividhān — of various kinds tāpān — distress taranti sma — transcended aśramam — free from fatigue mudā — happily .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gopyo ’sya nitya-mudita-
gopyaḥ
the young gopīs
hasita-prekṣaṇaṁ mukham
asya
His
nitya
always
mudita
cheerful
hasita
smiling
prekṣaṇam
whose glance
paśyantyo vividhāṁs tāpāṁs
taranti smāśramaṁ mudā
mukham
the face
paśyantyaḥ
seeing
vividhān
of various kinds
tāpān
distress
taranti sma
transcended
aśramam
free from fatigue
mudā
happily .
  • gopyaḥ — the young gopīs
    The gopīs of Vraja — the topmost devotees in Gauḍīya theology, the embodiments of mahābhāva, Rādhā's own pārṣadīs. Even at the moment the Mathurā citizens are speaking, the gopīs are not in the arena; the verse is the city remembering them with mingled wonder and pity.
  • tāpān — distress
    Tāpa-trayam in Vedānta — three sufferings (self, others, gods). The verse claims the gopīs' threefold tāpa is overcome simply by paśyantyaḥ — by seeing. Gauḍīya note: bhakti's results outpace any other path's by orders of magnitude; what jñāna takes lifetimes to remove, darśana of Kṛṣṇa removes in one glance.
  • hasita-prekṣaṇam — with smiling glances
    The hasita — smile — is one of Kṛṣṇa's catalogued mādhurya-features. Rūpa Gosvāmī's Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu places Kṛṣṇa's mandahāsa among the daśa-vidha lakṣaṇas of His form. The whole mood of vipralambha-bhakti turns on this smile. A contiguous-token join of synonyms 'hasita' and 'prekṣaṇam'.
  • aśramam — free from fatigue
    Kṛṣṇa's face is ever-fresh — a-śrama, no tiredness. The Bhāgavata aesthetic: Bhagavān's form never wilts, never ages, never wearies; this nityaṁ-nava beauty is what holds the gopīs' attention eternally (cf. Brahma-saṁhitā 5.33: advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam, nava-nava-vatāram).
The gopīs overcame all kinds of distress and experienced great happiness by seeing His face, which is always cheerful with smiling glances and ever free of fatigue.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The gopīs overcame all kinds of distress and experienced great happiness by seeing His face, which is always cheerful with smiling glances and ever free of fatigue.
Commentary

Because of seeing Krsna’s face, the gopis were easily able to surpass the obstacles and scolding of husbands and fathers-in-law.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

Some women with special bhāva speak this verse. The gopīs saw his face which could be seen with smiles filled with constant joy. Or they saw his face with beautiful glances which were endowed with constant, joyful smiles. Or they constantly (nityam) saw his face visible with smiles (udita-hasita). Easily (aśramam) they crossed over suffering (taranti sma). They are not like us who have bad fortune. They speak with humility. Or, sma indicates that it is well known. Rather than the past tense, the present tense (they overcome) is used since it was possible that Kṛṣṇa could not return to Vraja. The gopīs suffered various miseries such as mental anguish because of being scolded by their husbands, or the pain of separation. The rāsa dance is also indicated.

Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)Kshama (Forgiveness / Patience)
Related verses
Concepts
Bhava

The gopīs' three-fold tāpa — adhyātmika, adhibhautika, adhidaivika — is dissolved not by yoga or knowledge but by one sight of Kṛṣṇa's smiling face. His mukha is the medicine; their darśana is the dose. This is the simplest soteriology in the Bhāgavatam: see Him, and the threefold suffering ends.

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