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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.6

kaccit kurabakāśoka-

nāga-punnāga-campakāḥ

rāmānujo māninīnām

ito darpa-hara-smitaḥ

SYNONYMS

kaccit — whether; kurabaka-aśoka-nāga-punnāga-campakāḥO kurabaka (red amaranth), aśoka, nāga, punnāga and campaka trees; rāma — of Balarāma; anujaḥ — the younger brother; māninīnām — of women, who are proud by nature; itaḥ — passing by here; darpa — the pride; hara — removing; smitaḥ — whose smile.

TRANSLATION

O kurabaka tree, O aśoka, O nāga, punnāga and campaka, has Balarāma's younger brother, whose smile removes the audacity of all proud women, passed this way?

PURPORT

As soon as the gopīs saw that a particular tree would not answer them, they impatiently left it and rushed off to another to make further inquiries.

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