Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.35.1

sri-suka uvaca

gopyah krsne vanam yate

tam anudruta-cetasah

krsna-lilah pragayantyo

ninyur duhkhena vasaran

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; gopyah -- the gopis; krsne -- Lord Krsna; vanam -- to the forest; yate -- having gone; tam -- after Him; anudruta -- chasing; cetasah -- whose minds; krsna-lilah -- the transcendental pastimes of Krsna; pragayantyah -- singing loudly; ninyuh -- they passed; duhkhena -- unhappily; vasaran -- the days.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Whenever Krsna went to the forest, the minds of the gopis would run after Him, and thus the young girls sadly spent their days singing of His pastimes.

PURPORT

Although the gopis enjoyed direct association with Krsna at night in the rasa dance, during the day He went about His normal duties, tending His cows in the forest. At that time the minds of the gopis would run after Him, but the young girls had to stay back in the village and do their own duties. Thus feeling the pain of separation, they would sing about Sri Krsna's transcendental pastimes.

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