Horing that atotal eclipe o tesun vas on to ocur people ro llore Indi, inctutinge the Yadus and the residents of Vṛndāvana, converged at Kurukṣetra to earn special pious
credit. When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma saw Nanda Mahārāja and mother Yaśodā, both the Lords and Their foster parents were overcome with emotion. Raising their two sons onto their laps and holding Them in their arms, Nanda and saintly mother Yaśodā forgot their sorrow.
Later, when Yaśodā and Rohini were conversing, Kṛṣṇa took the opportunity to go to a secluded place to meet with the gopīs. From the very beginning of their lives the gopīs had known nothing beyond Kṛṣṇa. He was their life and soul. The gopīs were so attached to Kṛṣṇa that they would condemn Brahmā, the creator of their bodies, because he foolishly made eyelids that blinked occasionally and thus impeded their constant gazing at Kṛṣṇa. Because they had been separated from Kṛṣṇa for so many years, the gopīs now felt intense ecstasy in seeing Him. No one can even imagine how anxious the gopīs were to see Him again. As soon as Kṛṣṇa became visible to them, they took Him inside their hearts through their eyes and embraced Him to their full satisfaction. Even though they were embracing Kṛṣṇa only mentally, they became so ecstatic and overwhelmed with joy that for the time being they completely forgot themselves.
Kṛṣṇa began to encourage the gopīs: "Fortunately, you have developed loving affection for Me, which is the only way to achieve the transcendental position of association with Me. Any living entity who develops such unalloyed devotional affection for Me certainly at the end goes back home, back to Godhead. Since I am all-pervasive through My spiritual and material energies, in truth we are never separated. Therefore try to understand that you are always with Me and that there is no cause for lamentation in our seeming separation from one another."