Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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śrī-śuka uvāca
tathānugṛhya bhagavān
gopīnāṁ sa gurur gatiḥ
yudhiṣṭhiram athāpṛcchat
sarvāṁś ca suhṛdo ’vyayam

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the gopīs and the very purpose of their life, showed them His mercy. He then met with Yudhiṣṭhira and all His other relatives and inquired from them about their welfare.

PURPORT

The words gurur gatiḥ have been translated here in their usual sense: “spiritual master and goal.” Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī, however, points out an additional meaning: While Lord Kṛṣṇa is the goal for all sādhus in general, for the gopīs specifically He is that goal which is guru, “predominant,” in the sense of completely eclipsing the significance of all other possible goals.

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