तस्या उपवने कामं चारयन्त: पशून् नृप । कृष्णरामावुपागम्य क्षुधार्ता इदमब्रुवन् ॥ ३८ ॥
tasyā upavane kāmaṁ cārayantaḥ paśūn nṛpa kṛṣṇa-rāmāv upāgamya kṣudh-ārtā idam abravan
- tasyāḥ
- along the Yamunā
- upavane
- within a small forest
- kāmam
- here and there, as they wished
- cārayantaḥ
- tending
- paśūn
- the animals
- nṛpa
- O King
- kṛṣṇa-rāmau
- Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma
- upāgamya
- approaching
- kṣut-ārtāḥ
- disturbed by hunger
- idam
- this
- abruvan
- they (the cowherd boys) said
Then, O King, the cowherd boys began herding the animals in a leisurely way within a small forest along the Yamunā. But soon they became afflicted by hunger and, approaching Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, spoke as follows.