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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.23

baddhānyayā srajā kācit

tanvī tatra ulūkhale

badhnāmi bhāṇḍa-bhettāraḿ

haiyańgava-muṣaḿ tv iti

bhītā su-dṛk pidhāyāsyaḿ

bheje bhīti-viḍambanam

SYNONYMS

baddhā — tied up; anyayā — by another gopī; srajā — with a flower garland; kācit — one gopī; tanvī — slender; tatra — there; ulūkhaleto the grinding mortar; badhnāmiI am binding; bhāṇḍa — of the storage pots; bhettāram — the breaker; haiyam-gava — of the butter saved from the previous day's milk; muṣam — the stealer; tu — indeed; iti — thus speaking; bhītā — afraid; su-dṛk — with beautiful eyes; pidhāya — covering; āsyam — her face; bheje — assumed; bhīti — of fear; viḍambanam — the pretense.

TRANSLATION

One gopī tied up her slender companion with a flower garland and said, "Now I will bind this boy who has broken the butter pots and stolen the butter." The second gopī then covered her face and beautiful eyes, pretending to be afraid.

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