श्रीशुक उवाच क्रीडासक्तेषु गोपेषु तद्गावो दूरचारिणी: । स्वैरं चरन्त्यो विविशुस्तृणलोभेन गह्वरम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca krīḍāsakteṣu gopeṣu tad-gāvo dūra-cāriṇīḥ svairaṁ carantyo viviśus tṛṇa-lobhena gahvaram
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- krīḍā
- in their playing
- āsakteṣu
- while they were completely absorbed
- gopeṣu
- the cowherd boys
- tat-gāvaḥ
- their cows
- dūra-cāriṇīḥ
- wandering far away
- svairam
- independently
- carantyaḥ
- grazing
- viviśuḥ
- they entered
- tṛṇa
- for grass
- lobhena
- out of greed
- gahvaram
- a dense forest
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While the cowherd boys were completely absorbed in playing, their cows wandered far away. They hungered for more grass, and with no one to watch them they entered a dense forest.