[In relation to the song: Śrī Mangala-gitam by Jayadeva Gosvāmī]
Bhāva means saṁsāra, material existence, and it also means bandhana, bondage. He who delivers others from this saṁsāra bandhana is called bhava-khaṇḍana. In this connection, is there any material bondage for the Vraja-devīs? They have none at all. Their only bondage is their feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, which are called viraha bandhana. Kṛṣṇa is the only person qualified to remove this bondage of separation from the Vraja-devīs, so bhava-khaṇḍana means that Kṛṣṇa can remove the distress of separation of the gopīs.
August 31, 2002 Mathurā