In the spiritual world, the beings that surround Krishna, especially the gopis, are manifestations of the inner energy, the power of pleasure, of bliss, of the Lord. They emanate from Srimati Radharani, Krishna's blissful power. The gopis are all goddesses of fortune. However, when Krishna reveals his sublime entertainment in some material galaxy, He accompanies not only his eternal companions, but also those who have just been liberated from material existence and are elevated to that rank. The gopis who in this world joined in the entertainment of Krishna belonged to this last group. If they had known the enslavement by the acts concerned, they were now, thanks to their constant meditation on Krishna, totally liberated from their karma. The great pain they felt at not being able to reach Krishna freed them from all the consequences of their sinful acts, and the ecstasy of absolute love for Krishna that they felt in his absence far exceeded the joys resulting from their material acts. virtuous achievements in the past. The conditioned soul, by its virtuous as well as sinful acts, submits itself to death and rebirth. But the gopis who meditated on Krishna transcended birth and death. They were purified and raised to the rank of the gopis manifested by the pleasure power of the Lord. All the gopis who, animated by the feelings of a lover, concentrated their minds on Krishna, freed themselves entirely from the defilement attached to the natural consequences of their interested acts. Some of them even immediately left their material bodies, which they had acquired by the force of the three gunas.
The spiritual world has many entertainments specific to spiritual energy. These are some of the realities of the spiritual world. The man established in Krishna consciousness can easily understand the nature of the spiritual world and spiritual planets. The inhabitants of Vrindavana, constantly immersed in this awareness of God, can understand without any harm the spiritual and absolute nature of the Vaikunthalokas, the spiritual planets.
The gopis used to talk to each other about Krishna, here is an example:
"My friends," said one of them, "do you know that when Krishna lies on the ground, he leans on his left elbow with his head resting on his left hand?
When his delicate finger plays his flute, his fascinating eyebrows are moved, and the sound he produces creates such a wonderful atmosphere that the inhabitants of the Edenic planets, traveling in the air with their wives and their beloved ones, stop their aircraft, under the magical charm of the vibrations of Krishna's flute. And the wives of celestial beings feel a great shame for their own songs and their own music. But above all, they feel filled with love, and their hair, their narrow dresses, are unraveling.
Another replied: "So beautiful is Krishna that the goddess of fortune never leaves her breast, adorned with a gold necklace. This wonderful Krishna plays with his flute to enliven the hearts of countless pure beings. Of all living beings, bound in this world by suffering, he is the only friend. When he plays his flute, all the cows and other beasts