Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
tathÄnugá¹›hya bhagavÄn
gopÄ«nÄá¹ sa gurur gatiḥ
yudhiá¹£á¹hiram athÄpá¹›cchat
sarvÄmÅ› ca suhá¹›do 'vyayam
Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; tathÄ - in this way; anugá¹›hya - showing favor; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Lord; gopÄ«nÄm - of the young cowherd women; saḥ - He; guruḥ - their spiritual master; gatiḥ - and goal; yudhiá¹£á¹hiram - from Yudhiá¹£á¹hira; atha - then; apá¹›cchat - He inquired; sarvÄn - all; ca - and; su-há¹›daḥ - His well-wishing relatives; avyayam - welfare.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the gopÄ«s and the very purpose of their life, showed them His mercy. He then met with Yudhiá¹£á¹hira and all His other relatives and inquired from them about their welfare.
The words gurur gatiḥ have been translated here in their usual sense: “spiritual master and goal.†ŚrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ«, however, points out an additional meaning: While Lord Kṛṣṇa is the goal for all sÄdhus in general, for the gopÄ«s specifically He is that goal which is guru, “predominant,†in the sense of completely eclipsing the significance of all other possible goals.
