Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.90.16

netre nimilayasi naktam adrishta-bandhus

tvam roravishi karunam bata cakravaki

dasyam gata vayam ivacyuta-pada-jushtam

kim va srajam sprihayase kavarena vodhum

SYNONYMS

netre -- your eyes; nimilayasi -- you keep closed; naktam -- during the night; adrishta -- not seen; bandhuh -- whose beloved; tvam -- you; roravishi -- are crying; karunam -- pitifully; bata -- alas; cakravaki -- O cakravaki (female crane); dasyam -- servitude; gata -- attained; vayam iva -- like us; acyuta -- of Krishna; pada -- by the feet; jushtam -- honored; kim -- perhaps; va -- or; srajam -- the flower garland; sprihayase -- you desire; kavarena -- in the braid of your hair; vodhum -- to carry.

TRANSLATION

Poor cakravaki, even after closing your eyes, you continue to cry pitifully through the night for your unseen mate. Or is it that, like us, you have become the servant of Acyuta and hanker to wear in your braided hair the garland He has blessed with the touch of His feet?

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