nandaáš ca mokᚣyati bhayÄd varuášasya pÄĹÄd
gopÄn bileᚣu pihitÄn maya-sĹŤnunÄ ca
ahny Äpáštaáš niĹi ĹayÄnam atiĹrameáša
lokaáš vikuášášham upaneᚣyati gokulaáš sma
nandam - unto Nanda (the father of KášášŁáša); ca - also; mokᚣyati - saves; bhayÄt - from the fear of; varuášasya - of Varuáša, the demigod of water; pÄĹÄt - from the clutches of; gopÄn - the cowherd men; bileᚣu - in the caves of the mountain; pihitÄn - placed; maya-sĹŤnunÄ - by the son of Maya; ca - also; ahni Äpáštam - being very engaged during the daytime; niĹi - at night; ĹayÄnam - lying down; atiĹrameáša - because of hard labor; lokam - planet; vikuášášham - the spiritual sky; upaneᚣyati - He awarded; gokulam - the highest planet; sma - certainly.
Nanda MahÄrÄja, the foster father of Lord KášášŁáša, went to take his bath in the river YamunÄ in the dead of night, mistakenly thinking that the night was already over; thus the demigod Varuáša took him to the Varuáša planet just to have a look at the Personality of Godhead Lord KášášŁáša, who appeared there to release His father. Actually there was no arrest of Nanda MahÄrÄja by Varuáša because the inhabitants of VášndÄvana were always engaged in thinking of KášášŁáša, in constant meditation on the Personality of Godhead in a particular form of samÄdhi, or trance of bhakti-yoga. They had no fear of the miseries of material existence. In the Bhagavad-gÄŤtÄ it is confirmed that to be in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by full surrender in transcendental love frees one from the miseries inflicted by the laws of material nature. Here it is clearly mentioned that the inhabitants of VášndÄvana were extensively busy in the hard labor of their dayâs work, and due to the dayâs hard labor they were engaged in sound sleep at night. So practically they had very little time to devote to meditation or to the other paraphernalia of spiritual activities. But factually they were engaged in the highest spiritual activities only. Everything done by them was spiritualized because everything was dovetailed in their relationship with Lord ĹrÄŤ KášášŁáša. The central point of activities was KášášŁáša, and as such, the so-called activities in the material world were saturated with spiritual potency. That is the advantage of the way of bhakti-yoga. One should discharge oneâs duty on Lord KášášŁášaâs behalf, and all oneâs actions will be saturated with KášášŁáša thought, the highest pattern of trance in spiritual realization.