Verse 2.24.16

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.24.16:

`গোপী গোপী গোপী’ মাত্র কোন-দিন জপে শুনিলে কৃষ্ণের নাম জ্বলে মহা-কোপে ॥ ১৬ ॥

`गोपी गोपी गोपी’ मात्र कोन-दिन जपे शुनिले कृष्णेर नाम ज्वले महा-कोपे ॥ १६ ॥

`gopī gopī gopī’ mātra kona-dina jape śunile kṛṣṇera nāma jvale mahā-kope || 16 ||

`gopi gopi gopi’ matra kona-dina jape sunile krsnera nama jvale maha-kope (16)

English translation:

(16) Some days He would simply chant, “Gopī! Gopī! Gopī!” When He would hear the name of Kṛṣṇa, He would burn with great indignation.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

In the constitutional propensities of living entities, the identification of a gopī in madhura-rasa (conjugal love) under the subordination of the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu is topmost, and since living entities who are shelters of madhura-rasa are gopīs, Vrajendra-nandana repeatedly

chanted the word “gopī” to remain fixed on the platform of identifying Himself as a gopī. To reveal that the living entities are sheltered parts and parcels and not svayaṃ-rūpa Kṛṣṇa, the supreme shelter, and to reveal that the pañcopāsaka Māyāvādī conditioned souls’ identifying themselves as nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa is extremely meaningless, the Lord on one hand enacted the pastime of displaying distaste for the name of Kṛṣṇa and on the other hand He revealed that it is the duty of all living entities to always inquire about Kṛṣṇa and in the course of inquiry to engage in the service of Kṛṣṇa. That is why Śrī Mahāprabhu has indirectly displayed distaste for the name of Kṛṣṇa by feigning detachment and engaging in behavior that is contrary to that of the people of the world; and by acting like one who has realized His constitutional position and who has developed an excessive thirst to hear the name of Kṛṣṇa, He increased His desire to constantly hear the name of Kṛṣṇa.