Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 35 Verses 2-3

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 35: The Gopīs Sing of Kṛṣṇa as He Wanders in the Forest

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.35.2-3

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ

vāma-bāhu-kṛta-vāma-kapolo

valgita-bhrur adharārpita-veṇum

komalāńgulibhir āśrita-mārgaḿ

gopya īrayati yatra mukundaḥ

vyoma-yāna-vanitāḥ saha siddhair

vismitās tad upadhārya sa-lajjāḥ

kāma-mārgaṇa-samarpita-cittāḥ

kaśmalaḿ yayur apasmṛta-nīvyaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-gopyaḥ ūcuḥ — the gopīs said; vāma — left; bāhu — on His arm; kṛta — putting; vāma — left; kapolaḥ — His cheek; valgita — moving; bhruḥ — His eyebrows; adhara — upon His lips; arpita — placed; veṇum — His flute; komala — tender; ańgulibhiḥ — with His fingers; āśrita-mārgam — its holes stopped; gopyaḥ — O gopīs; īrayati — vibrates; yatra — where; mukundaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; vyoma — in the sky; yāna — traveling; vanitāḥ — the ladies; saha — together with; siddhaiḥ — the Siddha demigods; vismitāḥ — amazed; tat — to that; upadhārya — listening; sa — with; lajjāḥ — embarrassment; kāma — of lust; mārgaṇa — to the pursuit; samarpita — offered; cittāḥ — their minds; kaśmalam — distress; yayuḥ — they experienced; apasmṛta — forgetting; nīvyaḥ — the belts of their dresses.

TRANSLATION

The gopīs said: When Mukunda vibrates the flute He has placed to His lips, stopping its holes with His tender fingers, He rests His left cheek on His left arm and makes His eyebrows dance. At that time the demigoddesses traveling in the sky with their husbands, the Siddhas, become amazed. As those ladies listen, they are embarrassed to find their minds yielding to the pursuit of lusty desires, and in their distress they are unaware that the belts of their garments are loosening.

PURPORT

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī states that this chapter consists of a collection of statements the gopīs made at various times as they stood in small groups here and there in Vṛndāvana.

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