Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.28

krishnasya gopyo ruciram

vīkshya kaumāra-cāpalam

śrinvantyāh kila tan-mātur

iti hocuh samāgatāh

SYNONYMS

krishnasya — of Krishna; gopyah — all the gopīs; ruciram — very attractive; vīkshya — observing; kaumāra-cāpalam — the restlessness of the childish pastimes; śrinvantyāh — just to hear them again and again; kila — indeed; tat-mātuh — in the presence of His mother; iti — thus; ha — indeed; ūcuh — said; samāgatāh — assembled there.

TRANSLATION

Observing the very attractive childish restlessness of Krishna, all the gopīs in the neighborhood, to hear about Krishna's activities again and again, would approach mother Yaśodā and speak to her as follows.

PURPORT

Krishna's activities are always very attractive to devotees. Therefore the neighbors, who were friends of mother Yaśodā, informed mother Yaśodā of whatever they saw Krishna doing in the neighborhood. Mother Yaśodā, just to hear about the activities of her son, stopped her household duties and enjoyed the information given by the neighborhood friends.

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