Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 30: The Gopīs Search for Krishna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.17

krishna-rāmāyite dve tu

gopāyantyaś ca kāścana

vatsāyatīm hanti cānyā

tatraikā tu bakāyatīm

SYNONYMS

krishna-rāmāyite — acting like Lord Krishna and Lord Balarāma; dve — two gopīs; tu — and; gopāyantyah — acting like Their cowherd boyfriends; ca — and; kāścana — some; vatsāyatīm — who was imitating the calf demon, Vatsāsura; hanti — killed; ca — and; anyā — another; tatra — there; ekā — one; tu — moreover; bakāyatīm — another, who was imitating the crane demon, Bakāsura.

TRANSLATION

Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Krishna in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Krishna's killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.

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