दृष्टं वनं कुसुमितं राकेशकररञ्जितम् । यमुनानिललीलैजत्तरुपल्लवशोभितम् ॥ २१ ॥ तद् यात मा चिरं गोष्ठं शुश्रूषध्वं पतीन् सती: । क्रन्दन्ति वत्सा बालाश्च तान् पाययत दुह्यत ॥ २२ ॥
dṛṣṭaṁ vanaṁ kusumitaṁ rākeśa-kara-rañjitam yamunānila-līlaijat taru-pallava-śobhitam tad yāta mā ciraṁ goṣṭhaṁ śuśrūṣadhvaṁ patīn satīḥ krandanti vatsā bālāś ca tān pāyayata duhyata
- dṛṣṭam
- seen
- vanam
- the forest
- kusumitam
- full of flowers
- rākā-īśa
- of the moon, the lord of the presiding goddess of the full-moon day
- kara
- by the hand
- rañjitam
- made resplendent
- yamunā
- coming from the Yamunā River
- anila
- by the wind
- līlā
- playfully
- ejat
- trembling
- taru
- of the trees
- pallava
- with the leaves
- śobhitam
- beautified
- tat
- therefore
- yāta
- go back
- mā ciram
- without delay
- goṣṭham
- to the cowherd village
- śuśrūṣadhvam
- you must serve
- patīn
- your husbands
- satīḥ
- O chaste women
- krandanti
- are crying
- vatsāḥ
- the calves
- bālāḥ
- the children
- ca
- and
- tān
- them
- pāyayata
- breast-feed
- duhyata
- feed with cow’s milk
Now you have seen this Vṛndāvana forest, full of flowers and resplendent with the light of the full moon. You have seen the beauty of the trees, with their leaves trembling in the gentle breeze coming from the Yamunā. So now go back to the cowherd village. Don’t delay. O chaste ladies, serve your husbands and give milk to your crying babies and calves.