trīṇi gulmāny atīyāya

tisraḥ kakṣāś ca sa-dvijaḥ

vipro 'gamyāndhaka-vṛṣṇīnāḿ

gṛheṣv acyuta-dharmiṇām

gṛhaḿ dvy-aṣṭa-sahasrāṇāḿ

mahiṣīṇāḿ harer dvijaḥ

viveśaikatamaḿ śrīmad

brahmānandaḿ gato yathā

trini -- three; gulmani -- contingents of guards; atiyaya -- passing; tisrah -- three; kakshah -- gateways; ca -- and; sa-dvijah -- accompanied by brahmanas; viprah -- the learned brahmana; agamya -- impassable; andhaka-vrishninam -- of the Andhakas and Vrishnis; griheshu -- between the houses; acyuta -- Lord Krishna; dharminam -- who follow faithfully; griham -- residence; dvi -- two; ashta -- times eight; sahasranam -- thousands; mahishinam -- of the queens; hareh -- of Lord Krishna; dvijah -- the brahmana; vivesa -- entered; ekatamam -- one of them; sri-mat -- opulent; brahma-anandam -- the bliss of impersonal liberation; gatah -- attaining; yatha -- as if.


Texto

The learned brahmana, joined by some local brahmanas, passed three guard stations and went through three gateways, and then he walked by the homes of Lord Krishna's faithful devotees, the Andhakas and Vrishnis, which ordinarily no one could do. He then entered one of the opulent palaces belonging to Lord Hari's sixteen thousand queens, and when he did so he felt as if he were attaining the bliss of liberation.

Significado

When the saintly brahmana entered the precincts of Lord Krishna's palaces and then actually entered one of the palaces, he completely forgot everything else, and thus his state of mind is compared to that of one who has just achieved the bliss of spiritual liberation. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti quotes from the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, wherein we learn that the brahmana actually entered the palace of Rukmini: sa tu rukminy-antah-pura-dvari kshanam tushnim sthitah. "He stood for a moment in silence at the doorway of Queen Rukmini's palace."