व्रजे विक्रीडतोरेवं गोपालच्छद्ममायया । ग्रीष्मो नामर्तुरभवन्नातिप्रेयाञ्छरीरिणाम् ॥ २ ॥
vraje vikrīḍator evaṁ gopāla-cchadma-māyayā grīṣmo nāmartur abhavan nāti-preyāñ charīriṇām
- vraje
- in Vṛndāvana
- vikrīḍatoḥ
- while the two of Them were sporting
- evam
- in this way
- gopāla
- as cowherd boys
- chadma
- of the disguise
- māyayā
- by the illusion
- grīṣmaḥ
- summer
- nāma
- thus designated
- ṛtuḥ
- the season
- abhavat
- came about
- na
- not
- ati-preyān
- very much favored
- śarīriṇām
- by embodied beings
While Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were thus enjoying life in Vṛndāvana in the guise of ordinary cowherd boys, the summer season gradually appeared. This season is not very pleasing to embodied souls.