Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 39 Verse 24

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 39: Akrūra's vision

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.39.24

tāsāḿ mukundo madhu-mañju-bhāṣitair

gṛhīta-cittaḥ para-vān manasvy api

kathaḿ punar naḥ pratiyāsyate 'balā

grāmyāḥ salajja-smita-vibhramair bhraman

SYNONYMS

tāsām — their; mukundaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; madhu — like honey; mañju — sweet; bhāṣitaiḥ — by the words; gṛhīta — seized; cittaḥ — whose mind; paravān — subservient; manasvī — intelligent; api — although; katham — how; punaḥ — again; naḥ — to us; pratiyāsyate — will He return; abalāḥ — O girls; grāmyāḥ — who are rustic; sa-lajja — shyly; smita — smiling; vibhramaiḥ — by their enchantments; bhraman — becoming bewildered.

TRANSLATION

O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey-sweet words of the women of Mathurā and been enchanted by their alluring, shy smiles, how will He ever return to us unsophisticated village girls?

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