The fate of the devotees of Krishna on this earth, today, cannot be the same as

[dattaswami]

The fate of the devotees of Krishna on this earth, today, cannot be the same as that of the Gopikas

186. Gopibhinnaah purvataijasabhaktaah punaraavartinah.

Translation: The devotees who worship the energetic form of the past human incarnation like Krishna differ from the Gopikas and hence return back.

Explanation: The fate of the devotees of Krishna on this earth, today, cannot be the same as that of the Gopikas. The devotees of Krishna have not recognized the reincarnation of Krishna today. Hence, these devotees could not conquer the repulsion between common media and are worshipping the energetic form of past Krishna of the upper world only. When these devotees attain energetic bodies after death, will not recognize Krishna in Go Loka due to the same repulsion and hence return back from Go Loka. The difference between these devotees and the Gopikas is that the Gopikas worshipped their contemporary human incarnation and not the energetic form of their past incarnation like Rama. But today, these devotees are just reverse to Gopikas, who worship the energetic form of the past incarnation like Krishna and neglect the reincarnation of same Krishna existing as their contemporary human incarnation.