Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca
bhavatyo yadi me dāsyo
mayoktaṁ vā kariṣyatha
atrāgatya sva-vāsāṁsi
pratīcchata śuci-smitāḥ
no cen nāhaṁ pradāsye kiṁ
kruddho rājā kariṣyati

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: If you girls are actually My maidservants, and if you will really do what I say, then come here with your innocent smiles and let each girl pick out her clothes. If you don’t do what I say, I won’t give them back to you. And even if the king becomes angry, what can he do?

PURPORT

Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, “When the gopīs saw that Kṛṣṇa was strong and determined, they had no alternative but to abide by His order.”

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