vaṇiá¹…-muni-ná¹›pa-snÄtÄ
nirgamyÄrthÄn prapedire
vará¹£a-ruddhÄ yathÄ siddhÄḥ
sva-piṇá¸Än kÄla Ägate
vaṇik - the merchants; muni - renunciant sages; ná¹›pa - kings; snÄtÄḥ - and brahmacÄrÄ« students; nirgamya - going out; arthÄn - their desired objects; prapedire - obtained; vará¹£a - by the rain; ruddhÄḥ - checked; yathÄ - as; siddhÄḥ - perfected persons; sva-piṇá¸Än - the forms they aspire for; kÄle - when the time; Ägate - has come.
ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda comments, “In Vá¹›ndÄvana the autumn season was very beautiful then because of the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma. The mercantile community, the royal order and great sages were free to move to achieve their desired benedictions. Similarly, the transcendentalists, when freed from the encagement of the material body, also achieved their desired goal. During the rainy season, the mercantile community cannot move from one place to another and so do not get their desired profit. Nor can the royal order go from one place to another to collect taxes from the people. As for saintly persons, who must travel to preach transcendental knowledge, they also are restrained by the rainy season. But during the autumn, all of them leave their confines. In the case of the transcendentalist, be he a jñÄnÄ«, a yogÄ« or a devotee, because of the material body he cannot actually enjoy spiritual achievement. But as soon as he gives up the body, or after death, the jñÄnÄ« merges into the spiritual effulgence of the Supreme Lord, the yogÄ« transfers himself to the various higher planets, and the devotee goes to the planet of the Supreme Lord, Goloka Vá¹›ndÄvana or one of the Vaikuṇá¹has, and thus enjoys his eternal spiritual life.â€
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupÄda to the Tenth Canto, Twentieth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vá¹›ndÄvana.â€