Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.90.20

megha śrīmams tvam asi dayito yādavendrasya nūnam

śrīvatsāńkam vayam iva bhavān dhyāyati prema-baddhah

aty-utkanthah śavala-hridayo 'smad-vidho bāshpa-dhārāh

smritvā smritvā visrijasi muhur duhkha-das tat-prasańgah

SYNONYMS

megha — O cloud; śrī-man — O honored one; tvam — you; asi — are; dayitah — dear friend; yādava-indrasya — of the chief of the Yādavas; nūnam — certainly; śrīvatsa-ańkam — upon the one who bears (on His chest) the special mark known as Śrīvatsa; vayam — we; iva — just as; bhavān — your good self; dhyāyati — meditate; prema — by pure love; baddhah — bound; ati — extremely; utkanthah — eager; śavala — distraught; hridayah — whose heart; asmat — as our (hearts); vidhah — in the same manner; bāshpa — of tears; dhārāh — torrents; smritvā smritvā — repeatedly remembering; visrijasi — you release; muhuh — again and again; duhkha — misery; dah — giving; tat — with Him; prasańgah — association.

TRANSLATION

O revered cloud, you are indeed very dear to the chief of the Yādavas, who bears the mark of Śrīvatsa. Like us, you are bound to Him by love and are meditating upon Him. Your heart is distraught with great eagerness, as our hearts are, and as you remember Him again and again you shed a torrent of tears. Association with Krishna brings such misery!

PURPORT

The ācāryas explain this verse as follows: The cloud acts as the friend of Lord Krishna by shielding Him from the scorching rays of the sun, and certainly such an earnest well-wisher of the Lord must constantly meditate on Him with concern for His welfare. Although the cloud shares the Lord's blue complexion, it is Lord Krishna's distinctive features, such as His Śrīvatsa mark, that especially attract him to this meditation. But what is the result? Simply unhappiness: the cloud is depressed and thus constantly sheds tears on the pretext of raining. "So," the queens advise him, "it would be better for you not to take much interest in Krishna."

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