Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 31: The Gopis' Songs of Separation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.16

pati-sutanvaya-bhratr-bandhavan

ativilanghya te 'nty acyutagatah

gati-vidas tavodgita-mohitah

kitava yositah kas tyajen nisi

SYNONYMS

pati -- husbands; suta -- children; anvaya -- ancestors; bhratr -- brothers; bandhavan -- and other relatives; ativilanghya -- completely neglecting; te -- Your; anti -- into the presence; acyuta -- O infallible one; agatah -- having come; gati -- of our movements; vidah -- who understand the purpose; tava -- Your; udgita -- by the loud song (of the flute); mohitah -- bewildered; kitava -- O cheater; yositah -- women; kah -- who; tyajet -- would abandon; nisi -- in the night.

TRANSLATION

Dear Acyuta, You know very well why we have come here. Who but a cheater like You would abandon young women who come to see Him in the middle of the night, enchanted by the loud song of His flute? Just to see You, we have completely rejected our husbands, children, ancestors, brothers and other relatives.

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