gṛhṇanti no na patayaḥ pitarau sutā vā
na bhrātṛ-bandhu-suhṛdaḥ kuta eva cānye
tasmād bhavat-prapadayoḥ patitātmanāḿ no
nānyā bhaved gatir arindama tad vidhehi
grihnanti -- they will accept; nah -- us; na -- not; patayah -- our husbands; pitarau -- fathers; sutah -- sons; va -- or; na -- not; bhratri -- brothers; bandhu -- other relatives; suhridah -- and friends; kutah -- how then; eva -- indeed; ca -- and; anye -- other people; tasmat -- therefore; bhavat -- Your; prapadayoh -- at the tips of the lotus feet; patita -- fallen; atmanam -- whose bodies; nah -- for us; na -- not; anya -- any other; bhavet -- there can be; gatih -- destination; arim-dama -- O chastiser of enemies; tat -- that; vidhehi -- kindly bestow upon us.
Our husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, other relatives and friends will no longer take us back, and how could anyone else be willing to give us shelter? Therefore, since we have thrown ourselves at Your lotus feet and have no other destination, please, O chastiser of enemies, grant our desire.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments as follows: "From their very youth the brahmanas' wives had heard about Lord Krishna's beauty, qualities and sweetness from the womenfolk of Vrindavana village, and also from the flower ladies, the betel-nut sellers and others. Consequently they always felt ecstatic love for Krishna and were indifferent to their household duties. Their husbands, seeing them as deviant, doubted them and avoided dealing with them as far as possible. Now the wives of the brahmanas were ready to formally reject their so-called families and neighbors, and out of great agitation they were crying and placing their heads upon Lord Krishna's lotus feet, offering obeisances. In this way, with choking voices, they spoke the above verse. They begged that Lord Krishna bestow upon them the benediction that He be their only destination, that He, the chastiser of enemies, subdue all their enemies -- those difficulties obstructing them from attaining the Lord."
The wives of the brahmanas simply wanted to serve Lord Krishna, and this is pure Krishna consciousness in ecstatic love of Godhead.
