“Because they had been separated from Kṛṣṇa for so many years, the gopīs, having come along with Nanda Mahārāja and mother Yaśodā, felt intense ecstasy in seeing Kṛṣṇa. No one can even imagine how anxious the gopīs were to see Kṛṣṇa again. As soon as Kṛṣṇa became visible to them, they took Him inside their hearts through their eyes and embraced Him to their full satisfaction. Even though they were embracing Kṛṣṇa only mentally, they became so ecstatic and overwhelmed with joy that for the time being they completely forgot themselves. The ecstatic trance which they achieved simply by mentally embracing Kṛṣṇa is impossible to achieve even for great yogīs constantly engaged in meditation on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa could understand that the gopīs were rapt in ecstasy by embracing Him in their minds, and therefore, since He is present in everyone’s heart, He also reciprocated the embracing from within.”

«Como estuvieron separadas de Kṛṣṇa durante tantos años, las gopīs, que llegaron con Nanda Mahārāja y madre Yaśodā, sintieron un intenso éxtasis al ver a Kṛṣṇa. Nadie puede siquiera imaginar lo ansiosas que estaban las gopīs por volver a ver a Kṛṣṇa. Tan pronto como Kṛṣṇa se hizo visible para ellas, lo llevaron dentro de sus corazones a través de los ojos y lo abrazaron hasta quedar totalmente satisfechas. Aunque estaban abrazando a Kṛṣṇa solo mentalmente, se sintieron tan extáticas y tan abrumadas de alegría que, por el momento, se olvidaron por completo de sí mismas. El trance extático que alcanzaron simplemente por abrazar mentalmente a Kṛṣṇa es imposible de lograr incluso para los grandes yogīs que están constantemente dedicados a meditar en la Suprema Personalidad de Dios. Kṛṣṇa podía entender que las gopīs estaban absortas en éxtasis al abrazarlo en sus mentes, por lo tanto, como Él está presente en el corazón de todos, también correspondió a su abrazo internamente».