श्रीगोपा ऊचु: राम राम महाबाहो कृष्ण दुष्टनिबर्हण । एषा वै बाधते क्षुन्नस्तच्छान्तिं कर्तुमर्हथ: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-gopa ūcuḥ rāma rāma mahā-bāho kṛṣṇa duṣṭa-nibarhaṇa eṣā vai bādhate kṣun nas tac-chāntiṁ kartum arhathaḥ
- śrī-gopāḥ ūcuḥ
- the cowherd boys said
- rāma rāma
- O Lord Rāma, Lord Rāma
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- kṛṣṇa
- O Lord Kṛṣṇa
- duṣṭa
- of the wicked
- nibarhaṇa
- O destroyer
- eṣā
- this
- vai
- indeed
- bādhate
- is causing distress
- kṣut
- hunger
- naḥ
- to us
- tat-śāntim
- its counteraction
- kartum arhathaḥ
- You ought to do
The cowherd boys said: O Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one! O Kṛṣṇa, chastiser of the wicked! We are being harassed by hunger, and You should do something about it.