tad-darśanāhlāda-vidhūta-hṛd-rujo
manorathāntaḿ śrutayo yathā yayuḥ
svair uttarīyaiḥ kuca-kuńkumāńkitair
acīkḷpann āsanam ātma-bandhave
tat -- Him, Krishna; darsana -- due to seeing; ahlada -- by the ecstasy; vidhuta -- driven away; hrit -- in their hearts; rujah -- the pain; manah-ratha -- of their desires; antam -- the ultimate fulfillment; srutayah -- the revealed scriptures; yatha -- as; yayuh -- they attained; svaih -- with their own; uttariyaih -- covering garments; kuca -- of their breasts; kunkuma -- with the vermilion powder; ankitaih -- smeared; aciklpan -- they arranged; asanam -- a seat; atma -- of their souls; bandhave -- for the dear friend.
Their heartache vanquished by the ecstasy of seeing Krishna, the gopis, like the personified Vedas before them, felt their desires completely fulfilled. For their dear friend Krishna they arranged a seat with their shawls which were smeared with the kunkuma powder from their breasts.
In the Eighty-seventh Chapter of this canto (Text 23), the srutis, or personified Vedas, pray as follows:
striya uragendra-bhoga-bhuja-danda-vishakta-dhiyo
vayam api te samah samadriso 'nghri-saroja-sudhah
"These women fully absorbed their minds in meditation on Lord Krishna's powerful arms, which are like the bodies of great serpents. We want to become just like the gopis and render service to His lotus feet." The srutis had seen Krishna during His appearance in the previous day of Brahma and had become full of the most intense desire to associate with Him. Then in this kalpa they became gopis. And since the Vedas are eternal in human society, the srutis in this kalpa also become full of desire for Krishna and in the next kalpa will also become gopis. This information is given by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.
