Verse 43

³⁹Praised in this way by the two of them, the Bhagavan, lord of Gokula, still tied by the cord to the mortar, laughed and spoke to the guhyakas. ⁴⁰Bhagavan said: I knew this long before, that the sage, whose nature is compassion, did you a kindness with his words when he brought down two men blind with the pride of wealth. ⁴¹From the sight of the good, whose minds are even, and still more of those who have made themselves over to me, no bondage can come to a man, as none comes to the eyes from the sight of the sun. ⁴²So go home, Nalakubara, you two who hold me highest. Love for me has come up in you, that highest thing you wanted, from which there is no more becoming.

⁴³Spoken to in this way, the two walked round him and bowed again and again, and taking their leave of him who was bound to the mortar they went off towards the north.