तत्रोपाहूय गोपालान् कृष्ण: प्राह विहारवित् । हे गोपा विहरिष्यामो द्वन्द्वीभूय यथायथम् ॥ १९ ॥
tatropāhūya gopālān kṛṣṇaḥ prāha vihāra-vit he gopā vihariṣyāmo dvandvī-bhūya yathā-yatham
- tatra
- thereupon
- upāhūya
- calling
- gopālān
- the cowherd boys
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- prāha
- spoke
- vihāra-vit
- the knower of all sports and games
- he gopāḥ
- O cowherd boys
- vihariṣyāmaḥ
- let us play
- dvandvī-bhūya
- dividing into two groups
- yathā-yatham
- suitably
Kṛṣṇa, who knows all sports and games, then called together the cowherd boys and spoke as follows: “Hey cowherd boys! Let’s play now! We’ll divide ourselves into two even teams.”