This verse, quoted from
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.39.19), was chanted by the damsels of
Vraja when
Krsna left
Vrndavana for
Mathura with
Akrura and
Balarama. The
gopis lamented that providence had made it possible for them to meet Krsna and Balarama in affection and love and had then separated them.