Verse 2.10.230

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.10.230:

ভক্তি-যোগে তোমারে পাইল তারা সব সেইখানে মরে কংস দেখি’ অনুভব ॥ ২৩০ ॥

भक्ति-योगे तोमारे पाइल तारा सब सेइखाने मरे कंस देखि’ अनुभव ॥ २३० ॥

bhakti-yoge tomāre pāila tārā saba seikhāne mare kaṃsa dekhi’ anubhava || 230 ||

bhakti-yoge tomare paila tara saba seikhane mare kamsa dekhi’ anubhava (230)

English translation:

(230) “They were able to see You simply due to their devotional service. Yet Kaṃsa was destroyed at the same place, in spite of seeing Your opulence.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

The Mathurā women’s darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: After Lord Kṛṣṇa was brought to Mathurā by Akrūra, He walked through the streets of Mathurā in the company of the cowherd boys enjoying the wonderful beauty of the city. At that time the women of the city immediately left their respective duties and went either to the roofs or to the gates of their houses in order to see Kṛṣṇa. They already knew about Kṛṣṇa. Now, after seeing Him, their hearts became pacified. The women on the roofs happily showered flowers on Kṛṣṇa and praised the gopīs for their good fortune of constantly seeing Kṛṣṇa.

The florist’s darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: With a desire to dress attractively and be adorned with sandalwood pulp before entering Kaṃsa’s assembly, Lord Kṛṣṇa went to the house of Sudāmā, the florist. When Sudāmā worshiped Lord Kṛṣṇa with pādya, arghya, and sandalwood pulp and then offered prayers to Him, Lord Kṛṣṇa was pleased and awarded him his desired benediction. (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter Forty-one)

Kubjā’s darśana of Kṛṣṇa is described as follows: After He left the house of Sudāmā, when Lord Kṛṣṇa saw Sairindhrī, who was a hunchback, coming towards Him on the road with a bowl of sandalwood pulp, He requested her for the sandalwood pulp. Kubjā became overwhelmed on seeing the beauty of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and after she offered Him the thick

sandalwood pulp, Lord Kṛṣṇa pressed the toes of the deformed Sairindhrī’s feet with His feet and, catching hold of her chin, He straightened her backbone.