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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.6
varnayantyo 'bhirebhire
SYNONYMS
iti -- thus; venu-ravam -- the vibration of the flute; rajan -- 0 King Pariksit; sarva-bhuta -- of all living beings; manah-haram -- stealing the minds; srutva -- hearing; vraja-striyah -- the ladies standing in the village of Vraja; sarvah -- all of them; varnayantyah -- engaged in describing; abhirebhire -- embraced one another.
TRANSLATION
O King, when the young ladies in Vraja heard the sound of Krsna's flute, which captivates the minds of all living beings, they all embraced one another and began describing it.
PURPORT
The word iti here indicates that after becoming speechless by remembering Krsna, the cowherd damsels then regained their composure and were thus able to ecstatically describe the sound of Krsna's flute. As a few gopis began to exclaim, and the other gopis realized that they shared the same ecstatic love within their hearts, all of them started embracing one another, overwhelmed with conjugal love for young Krsna.
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