Shri Arana Charitam Vol III Book X Chp 14 Shlokas 1 - 7
श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
सर्वे महाभागवताः सर्वे साधुजनास्तथा |
गोपीभावं प्रशंसन्ति नित्यं कण्ठरवेण वै ||
वेदगर्भो विधाता च ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः |
साक्षात्सरस्वतीभर्ता गोपीभावं प्रशंसति ||
कैलासशिखरे गिरिकन्यायां गोपीभावं प्रशंसति ||
सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्वज्ञो ब्रह्मचर्यापरायणः |
भीष्माचार्यो महात्मा च गोपीभावं प्रशंसति ||
देवर्षिर्नारदो धीमान् कृष्णकीर्तनतत्परः |
गुरुः प्राचेतसादीनां गोपीभावं प्रशंसति ||
उद्धवः सर्वशास्त्रज्ञः शिष्यः साक्षाद्ब्रहस्पतेः |
वासुदेवस्य मन्त्री च गोपीभावं प्रशंसति ||
रुक्मिणीप्रमुखा देव्यः कृष्णपत्न्यः पतिव्रताः |
गोपीभावं प्रशंसन्ति गोविन्दहृतमानसाः ||
Shri Sadguru said
All the great bhagavas and sadhus always praise the love of the Gopis to Lord Krishna openly. Even Brahmadeva Himself who is the Pita mama (great grandfather) of the world, the consort of goddess Saraswati, who is in charge of creation and who has given the Vedas benevolently to the world, praises Gopi poem. Lord Shiva who is worshipped by the devas, who is seated on the peak of the pleasant Kaila's mountain, speaks to Goddess Parvati in praise of Gopi prem. Mahatma Bheeshma, the one who had strict practice of celibacy as the only goal of life and who had thoroughly analyzed all the Shastras, eulogies Gopi prem. Narada, the devarishi, the guru of all great riches like Valmiki, the great gnani and the one who always relishes in singing the Divine Names, too praises Gopi prem. A disciple of the great Brihaspati, an adept in all the Shastras, and the most important minister of Lord Shri Krishna, Uddhava too extolls Gopi prem. Gopi prem is spoken highly of even by the chaste and devoted Rukmini and other consorts of Lord Krishna.
