subhadra draupadi kunti
virata-tanaya tatha
gandhari dhrtarastras ca
yuyutsur gautamo yamau
vrkodaras ca dhaumyas ca
striyo matsya-sutadayah
na sehire vimuhyanto
viraham sarnga-dhanvanah
SYNONYMS
subhadrathe sister of Krsna; draupadithe wife of the Pandavas; kuntithe mother of the Pandavas; virata-tanayathe daughter of Virata (Uttara); tathaalso; gandharithe mother of Duryodhana; dhrtarastrahthe father of Duryodhana; caand; yuyutsuhthe son of Dhrtarastra by his vaisya wife; gautamahKrpacarya; yamauthe twin brothers Nakula and Sahadeva; vrkodarahBhima; caand; dhaumyahDhaumya; caand; striyahalso other ladies of the palace; matsya-suta-adayahthe daughter of a fisherman (Satyavati, Bhisma's stepmother); nacould not; sehiretolerate; vimuhyantahalmost fainting; virahamseparation; sarnga-dhanvanahof Sri Krsna, who bears a conch in His hand.
TRANSLATION
At that time Subhadra, Draupadi, Kunti, Uttara, Gandhari, Dhrtarastra, Yuyutsu, Krpacarya, Nakula, Sahadeva, Bhimasena, Dhaumya and Satyavati all nearly fainted because it was impossible for them to bear separation from Lord Krsna.
PURPORT
Lord Sri Krsna is so attractive for the living beings, especially for the devotees, that it is impossible for them to tolerate separation. The conditioned soul under the spell of illusory energy forgets the Lord, otherwise he cannot. The feeling of such separation cannot be described, but it can simply be imagined by devotees only. After His separation from Vrndavana and the innocent rural cowherd boys, girls, ladies and others, they all felt shock throughout their lives, and the separation of Radharani, the most beloved cowherd girl, is beyond expression. Once they met at Kuruksetra during a solar eclipse, and the feeling which was expressed by them is heartrending. There is, of course, a difference in the qualities of the transcendental devotees of the Lord, but none of them who have ever contacted the Lord by direct communion or otherwise can leave Him for a moment. That is the attitude of the pure devotee.
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