4.167-169

loka-dharma, veda-dharma, deha-dharma, karma

lajja, dhairya, deha-sukha, atma-sukha-marma

dustyaja arya-patha, nija parijana

sva-jane karaye yata tadana-bhartsana

sarva-tyaga kari’ kare krsnera bhajana

krsna-sukha-hetu kare prema-sevana

SYNONYMS

loka-dharma—customs of the people; veda-dharma—Vedic injunctions; deha-dharma—necessities of the body; karma—fruitive work; lajja—bashfulness; dhairya—patience; deha-sukha—the happiness of the body; atma-sukha—the happiness of the self; marma—the essence; dustyaja—difficult to give up; arya-patha—the path of varnasrama; nija—own; parijana—family members; sva-jane—one’s own family; karaye—do; yata—all; tadana—punishment; bhartsana—scolding; sarva-tyaga kari’-giving up everything; kare—do; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; bhajana—worship; krsna-sukha-hetu—for the purpose of Lord Krsna’s happiness; kare—do; prema—out of love; sevana—service.

Social customs, scriptural injunctions, bodily demands, fruitive action, shyness, patience, bodily pleasures, self-gratification and the path of varnasrama-dharma, which is difficult to give up-the gopis have forsaken all these, as well as their own relatives and their punishment and scolding, for the sake of serving Lord Krsna.

They render loving service to Him for the sake of His enjoyment.