svÄgataá¹ vo mahÄ-bhÄgÄ
ÄsyatÄá¹ karavÄma kim
yan no didá¹›ká¹£ayÄ prÄptÄ
upapannam idaṠhi vaḥ
su-Ägatam - auspicious welcome; vaḥ - for you; mahÄ-bhÄgÄḥ - O fortunate ladies; ÄsyatÄm - please come sit; yat - because; naḥ - Us; didá¹›ká¹£ayÄ - with the desire of seeing; prÄptÄḥ - you have come; upapannam - fitting; idam - this; hi - certainly; vaḥ - on your part.
[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] Welcome, O most fortunate ladies. Please sit down and make yourselves comfortable. What can I do for you? That you have come here to see Me is most appropriate.
Just as ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa welcomed the gopÄ«s who came to dance with Him at night, He similarly welcomed the brÄhmaṇas’ wives, whose pure love for Him was proved by their overcoming many hindrances to see the Lord. The word upapannam indicates that although these ladies had rejected their husbands’ orders, their behavior was not at all inappropriate, since their husbands had obviously tried to obstruct their loving service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
