ŚB 10.35.26
Canto 10, Chapter 35, Text 26
एवं व्रजस्त्रियो राजन् कृष्णलीलानुगायती: ।
रेमिरेऽह:सु तच्चित्तास्तन्मनस्का महोदया: ॥ २६ ॥
evaṁ vraja-striyo rājan
kṛṣṇa-līlānugāyatīḥ
remire ’haḥsu tac-cittās
tan-manaskā mahodayāḥ
Word by word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam — thus; vraja-striyaḥ — the women of Vraja; rājan — O King; kṛṣṇa-līlā — about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa; anugāyatīḥ — continuously chanting; remire — they enjoyed; ahaḥsu — during the days; tat-cittāḥ — their hearts absorbed in Him; tat-manaskāḥ — their minds absorbed in Him; mahā — great; udayāḥ — experiencing a festivity.
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, thus during the daytime the women of Vṛndāvana took pleasure in continuously singing about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, and those ladies’ minds and hearts, absorbed in Him, were filled with great festivity.
Purport
This verse definitely confirms that the so-called pain of the heartbroken gopīs is actually great spiritual bliss. On the material platform, pain is pain — period. But on the spiritual platform, so-called pain is simply a different variety of spiritual ecstasy. In the Western countries, people take pleasure in mixing different flavors of ice cream to produce wonderful combinations of flavor. Similarly, on the spiritual platform Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His devotees expertly mix the flavors of spiritual bliss, and thus every day was a treat for the gopīs.