न ते यदोमिति प्रोचुर्न नेति च परन्तप । गोपा निराशा: प्रत्येत्य तथोचु: कृष्णरामयो: ॥ १२ ॥
na te yad om iti procur na neti ca parantapa gopā nirāśāḥ pratyetya tathocuḥ kṛṣṇa-rāmayoḥ
- na
- not
- te
- they
- yat
- when
- om
- “so be it”
- iti
- thus
- procuḥ
- did speak
- na
- not
- na
- “no”
- iti
- thus
- ca
- either
- parantapa
- O chastiser of the enemies, Parīkṣit Mahārāja
- gopāḥ
- the cowherd boys
- nirāśāḥ
- discouraged
- pratyetya
- returning
- tathā
- thus
- ūcuḥ
- described
- kṛṣṇa-rāmayoḥ
- to Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma
When the brāhmaṇas failed to reply even with a simple yes or no, O chastiser of the enemy [Parīkṣit], the cowherd boys returned disappointed to Kṛṣṇa and Rāma and reported this to Them.