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sahaya guravah sisya

bhujisya bandhavah striyah

satyam vadami te partha

gopyah kim me bhavanti na

SYNONYMS

sahayah—helpers; guravah—teachers; sisyah—students; bhujisyah—servants; bandhavah—friends; striyah—wives; satyam—truthfully; vadami—I say; te—unto you; partha—O Arjuna; gopyah—the gopis; kim—what; me—for Me; bhavanti—are; na—not “O Partha, I speak to you the truth.

The gopis are My helpers, teachers, disciples, servants, friends and consorts.

I do not know what they are not to Me.”

PURPORT

This is a verse from the Gopi-premamrta.