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śrī-śuka uvāca antarhite bhagavati sahasaiva vrajāṅganāḥ atapyaṁs tam acakṣāṇāḥ kariṇya iva yūthapam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- antarhite
- when He disappeared
- bhagavati
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sahasā eva
- quite suddenly
- vraja-aṅganāḥ
- the young ladies of Vraja
- atapyan
- felt great remorse
- tam
- Him
- acakṣāṇāḥ
- not seeing
- kariṇyaḥ
- female elephants
- iva
- just as
- yūthapam
- their male leader
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Lord Kṛṣṇa disappeared so suddenly, the gopīs felt great sorrow at losing sight of Him, like a group of female elephants who have lost their mate.