In the Bhagavad-gita (8.17) Lord Krishna explains, "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahma's one day. And such also is the duration of his night." Thus one thousand ages entered within a single twelve-hour night when Lord Krishna performed His rasa dance. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti compares this inconceivable impression of time to the fact that many universes fit neatly within the forty-mile range of earthly Vrindavana. Or one may consider that mother Yasoda could not encircle the small abdomen of child Krishna with numerous ropes, and that at another time He manifested many universes within His mouth. The transcendence of spiritual reality above and beyond mundane physics is concisely explained in Srila Rupa Gosvami's Laghu-bhagavatamrita:

evam prabhoh priyanam ca

dhamnas ca samayasya ca

avicintya-prabhavatvad

atra kincin na durghatam

"Nothing is impossible for the Lord, His dear devotees, His transcendental abode or the time of His pastimes, for all these entities are inconceivably powerful."

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti further explains that the word vasudevanumoditah indicates that Lord Krishna advised the gopis, "To assure the success of these pastimes, you and I should keep them secret." The word vasudeva, a name of Krishna, also indicates Lord Krishna's plenary expansion who acts as the presiding Deity of consciousness. When the word vasudeva is understood in this context, the word vasudevanumoditah indicates that the presiding Deity of consciousness, Vasudeva, manifested embarrassment and fear of their elders within the gopis' hearts, and therefore it was only with great reluctance that the young girls returned home.