bhagavān āhatā vīkṣya
śuddha -bhāva-prasāditaḥ
skandhe nidhāya vāsāḿsi
prītaḥ provāca sa-smitam
bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord; ahatah -- struck; vikshya -- seeing; suddha -- pure; bhava -- by their loving affection; prasaditah -- satisfied; skandhe -- upon His shoulder; nidhaya -- placing; vasamsi -- their garments; pritah -- lovingly; provaca -- spoke; sa-smitam -- while smiling.
When the Supreme Lord saw how the gopis were struck with embarrassment, He was satisfied by their pure loving affection. Putting their clothes on His shoulder, the Lord smiled and spoke to them with affection.
Srila Prabhupada comments, "The gopis' simple presentation was so pure that Lord Krishna immediately became pleased with them. All the unmarried gopis who prayed to Katyayani to have Krishna as their husband were thus satisfied. A woman cannot be naked before any male except her husband. The unmarried gopis desired Krishna as their husband, and He fulfilled their desire in this way."
For aristocratic girls like the gopis, standing naked before a young boy was worse than death, and yet they decided to give up everything for the pleasure of Lord Krishna. He wanted to see the power of their love for Him, and He was completely satisfied by their unalloyed devotion.
