पशूंश्चारयतोर्गोपैस्तद्वने रामकृष्णयो: । गोपरूपी प्रलम्बोऽगादसुरस्तज्जिहीर्षया ॥ १७ ॥
paśūṁś cārayator gopais tad-vane rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ gopa-rūpī pralambo ’gād asuras taj-jihīrṣayā
- paśūn
- the animals
- cārayatoḥ
- while the two of Them were herding
- gopaiḥ
- along with the cowherd boys
- tat-vane
- in that forest, Vṛndāvana
- rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
- Lord Rāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa
- gopa-rūpī
- assuming the form of a cowherd boy
- pralambaḥ
- Pralamba
- agāt
- came
- asuraḥ
- the demon
- tat
- Them
- jihīrṣayā
- with the desire of kidnapping
While Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and Their cowherd friends were thus tending the cows in that Vṛndāvana forest, the demon Pralamba entered their midst. He had assumed the form of a cowherd boy with the intention of kidnapping Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.