पिबन्ति याः सख्यधरामृतं मुहुर्व्रजस्त्रियः सम्मुमुहुर्यदाशयाः ॥२८॥
nÅ«naá¹ vrata-snÄna-hutÄdineÅ›varaḥ
samarcito hy asya gá¹›hÄ«ta-pÄṇibhiḥ
pibanti yÄḥ sakhy adharÄmá¹›taá¹ muhur
vraja-striyaḥ sammumuhur yad-ÄÅ›ayÄḥ
O friend! The wives of Kṛṣṇa who drink the nectar of his lips constantly must have certainly worshipped him by austerities, bathing in sacred places and sacrifices in previous lives to attain their present status. But the women of Vraja whose minds were completely absorbed in that nectar fainted in bliss simply because of remembering it.
This verse describes the women with madhurya-rasa. Certainly Krsna was worshipped by vows, bathing and sacrifices by his wives who drink the nectar of his lips constantly. Let us also, not having performed vows or bathing, drink the nectar of his beauty right now. Those wives are much superior to us, even with our millions of good qualities. But they are much inferior to the women of Vraja! Those whose minds were absorbed (asayah) in the sweetness of those lips fainted in bliss (sammumuhuh) by remembering that sweetness in the morning. What kind of condition they attained on actually drinking that nectar at night we do not know! In this way the gopis’ extreme bliss arising from their extreme prema is indicated.
