The Gopis Glorify the Song of Krsna's Flute

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As Lord Krsna, Lord Balarama and Their cowherd friends entered the forest to

graze the cows, Krsna began playing His flute. The gopis heard the

enchanting flute-song and understood that Krsna was entering the forest.

Then they narrated to each other the Lord's various activities.

 

The gopis declared, "To see Lord Krsna playing His flute while taking the

cows to pasture is the highest perfection for the eyes. What pious

activities has this flute performed that enable him to freely drink the

nectar of Sri Krsna's lips -- a blessing we cowherd girls find difficult to

achieve? Hearing the song of Krsna's flute, the peacocks dance, and all the

other creatures become stunned when they see them. Demigoddesses traveling

through the sky in their airplanes are vexed by Cupid, and their garments

become loose. The ears of the cows stand on end as they drink the nectar of

this flute-song, and their calves simply stand stunned, the milk they have

been drinking from their mothers' udders still in their mouths. The birds

take shelter of the branches of the trees and close their eyes, listening to

the song of Krsna's flute with rapt attention. The flowing rivers become

perturbed by conjugal attraction for Krsna and, stopping their flow, embrace

Krsna's lotus feet with the arms of their waves, while the clouds serve as

parasols to shade Krsna's head from the hot sun. The aborigine women of the

Sabara race, seeing the grass stained by the red kunkuma adorning the Lord's

lotus feet, smear this vermilion powder upon their breasts and faces to

alleviate the distress created by Cupid. Govardhana Hill offers grass and

various kinds of fruits and bulbous roots in worship of Lord Sri Krsna. All

the nonmoving living beings take on the characteristics of moving creatures,

and the moving living beings become stationary. These things are all very

wonderful."

 

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