Srila Prabhupada exclaims, “One friend of one gopi, she is warning, ‘Please don’t go that side.'”
“Where? Why are you warning me, and what happens?”
This is a very nice verse composed by Rupa Gosvami. Prabhupada references *Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu* 1.2.239:
*My dear friend, if you are indeed attached to your worldly friends, do not look at the smiling face of Lord Govinda as He stands on the bank of the Yamuna at Kesighata. Casting sidelong glances, He places His flute to His lips, which seem like newly blossomed twigs. His transcendental body, bending in three places, appears very bright in the moonlight.*
Prabhupada explains, “This is a very nice verse composed by Rupa Gosvami. In it, one friend of one gopi is warning, ‘My dear friend, please do not go that side.’
“‘Where?’ her friend asks.
“‘On the bank of Kesi-ghata, Yamuna,’ she answers.
“‘Why are you warning me?’ her friend asks again.
“‘Because there is that boy whose name is Govinda.’
“‘What is He doing?’
“‘He is simply smiling, and with His flute. He is so bright by the rays of the moon that He looks very, very beautiful.’
“‘Then? What happens?’
“‘Now, if you go and see Him, you will forget your engagement with family and friendship and love and everything, all. He will absorb everything. So don’t go there.’
She is warning, yes, ‘Don’t go.'”
> **Ref. VedaBase**: Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.9 – July 4, 1968, Montreal