Srimad Bhagavatam 10.23.33-37
Text 33
mayi bhavo 'nukirtanat
na tatha sannikarshena
pratiyata tato grihan
TRANSLATION
It is by hearing about Me, seeing My Deity form, meditating upon Me and chanting My names and glories that love for Me develops, not by physical proximity. Therefore please go back to your homes.
Text 34
ity ukta dvija-patnyas ta
yajna-vatam punar gatah
te canasuyavas tabhih
stribhih satram aparayan
TRANSLATION
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thus instructed, the wives of the brahmanas returned to the place of sacrifice. The brahmanas did not find any fault with their wives, and together with them they finished the sacrifice.
Text 35
bhagavantam yatha-srutam
hridopaguhya vijahau
deham karmanubandhanam
TRANSLATION
One of the ladies had been forcibly kept back by her husband. When she heard the others describe the Supreme Lord Krishna, she embraced Him within her heart and gave up her material body, the basis of bondage to material activity.
Text 36
tenaivannena gopakan
catur-vidhenasayitva
svayam ca bubhuje prabhuh
TRANSLATION
Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, fed the cowherd boys with that food of four varieties. Then the all-powerful Lord Himself partook of the preparations.
Text 37
nr-lokam anusilayan
reme go-gopa-gopinam
ramayan rupa-vak-kritaih
TRANSLATION
Thus the Supreme Lord, appearing like a human being to perform His pastimes, imitated the ways of human society. He enjoyed pleasing His cows, cowherd boyfriends and cowherd girlfriends with His beauty, words and actions.