Superficially, the husbands, fathers, fathers-in-law and so on were the ladies' gurus, or teachers. Yet the women had become perfect in Krishna consciousness, whereas the men had fallen into the darkness of Ignorance.

According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, upon returning home the ladies showed transcendental ecstatic symptoms, such as trembling of the body, shedding of tears, standing of the bodily hairs on end, discoloration of the complexion, crying out "O pleasure of my life, O Krishna!" with faltering words, and so forth.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti goes on to state that while one may object that it is not fitting for a woman to love anyone other than her husband, here the husbands themselves point out that they are gurus only in imitation of the Supreme Lord, who is jagad-guru, the universal teacher and spiritual master. The husbands noted that the women, having perfected their transcendental attachment for Krishna, did not have even a trace of attachment left for home, husband, children and so forth. Therefore from that day on the husbands accepted those ladies as their worshipable spiritual masters and no longer thought of them as their wives or property.