Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 1.2.302 ; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 1.2.302
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
यथा —
पुरा महर्षयः सर्वे दण्डकारण्य-वासिनः ।
दृष्ट्वा रामं हरिं तत्र भोक्तुम् ऐच्छन् सुविग्रहम् ॥१.२.३०१ ॥
ते सर्वे स्त्रीत्वम् आपन्नाः समुद्भूताश् च गोकुले ।
हरिं सम्प्राप्य कामेन ततो मुक्ता भवार्णवात् ॥१.२.३०२ ॥yathā —
purā maharṣayaḥ sarve daṇḍakāraṇya-vāsinaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ hariṃ tatra bhoktum aicchan suvigraham ||1.2.301 ||
te sarve strītvam āpannāḥ samudbhūtāś ca gokule |
hariṃ samprāpya kāmena tato muktā bhavārṇavāt ||1.2.302 ||
English translation
Examples of males becoming gopīs are as follows:
“Previously, all the sages living in the Daṇḍakāraṇya Forest, who after seeing Lord Rāma desired enjoyment with His form, attained forms of women and appeared in Gokula. Attaining the Lord by that kāma, they became liberated from the ocean of the material world.”