गोप्य: किमाचरदयं कुशलं स्म वेणु- र्दामोदराधरसुधामपि गोपिकानाम् । भुङ्क्ते स्वयं यदवशिष्टरसं ह्रदिन्यो हृष्यत्त्वचोऽश्रु मुमुचुस्तरवो यथार्या: ॥ ९ ॥
gopyaḥ kim ācarad ayaṁ kuśalaṁ sma veṇur dāmodarādhara-sudhām api gopikānām bhuṅkte svayaṁ yad avaśiṣṭa-rasaṁ hradinyo hṛṣyat-tvaco ’śru mumucus taravo yathāryaḥ
- gopyaḥ
- O gopīs
- kim
- what
- ācarat
- performed
- ayam
- this
- kuśalam
- auspicious activities
- sma
- certainly
- veṇuḥ
- the flute
- dāmodara
- of Kṛṣṇa
- adhara-sudhām
- the nectar of the lips
- api
- even
- gopikānām
- which is owed to the gopīs
- bhuṅkte
- enjoys
- svayam
- independently
- yat
- from which
- avaśiṣṭa
- remaining
- rasam
- the taste only
- hradinyaḥ
- the rivers
- hṛṣyat
- feeling jubilant
- tvacaḥ
- whose bodies
- aśru
- tears
- mumucuḥ
- shed
- taravaḥ
- the trees
- yathā
- exactly like
- āryāḥ
- old forefathers
My dear gopīs, what auspicious activities must the flute have performed to enjoy the nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s lips independently and leave only a taste for us gopīs, for whom that nectar is actually meant! The forefathers of the flute, the bamboo trees, shed tears of pleasure. His mother, the river on whose bank the bamboo was born, feels jubilation, and therefore her blooming lotus flowers are standing like hair on her body.