Verse Text
tatra iṣṭekṣā-spṛhayā, yathā śrī-daśame –
prāptaṁ niśamya nara-locana-pāna-pātram
autsukya-viślathita-keśa-dukūla-baddhāḥ |
sadyo visṛjya gṛha-karma patīṁś ca talpe
draṣṭuṁ yayur yuvatayaḥ sma narendra-mārge ||152||
Translation
Impatience arising from a desire to see one’s cherished object, from the Tenth Canto: When the young women of the city heard that Lord Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of pleasure for human eyes, had arrived, they hurriedly went onto the royal road to see Him. They abandoned their household duties and even left their husbands in bed, and in their eagerness the knots of their hair and garments came loose. SB 10.71.34
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Tenth Canto, Seventy-first Chapter, verse 33, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, it is said, “When Kṛṣṇa first came from His kingdom, Dvārakā, to Indraprastha, [Note: Indraprastha is the present-day Delhi.] the young females of the city became so eager to see Him that even at night, when they were lying down with their husbands, they could not restrain their eagerness. Even though they were not properly dressed and although their hair was loose and there were many household duties to perform, they still gave up everything and immediately went into the street to see Kṛṣṇa.” This is an instance of eagerness in ecstatic love.