पृच्छतेमा लता बाहूनप्याश्लिष्टा वनस्पते: । नूनं तत्करजस्पृष्टा बिभ्रत्युत्पुलकान्यहो ॥ १३ ॥
pṛcchatemā latā bāhūn apy āśliṣṭā vanaspateḥ nūnaṁ tat-karaja-spṛṣṭā bibhraty utpulakāny aho
- pṛcchata
- just ask
- imāḥ
- from these
- latāḥ
- creepers
- bāhūn
- the arms (branches)
- api
- even though
- āśliṣṭāḥ
- embracing
- vanaspateḥ
- of the tree
- nūnam
- certainly
- tat
- of Him, Kṛṣṇa
- kara-ja
- by the fingernails
- spṛṣṭāḥ
- touched
- bibhrati
- they are bearing
- utpulakāni
- joyful eruptions on the skin
- aho
- just see
Let us ask these creepers about Kṛṣṇa. Even though they are embracing the arms of their husband, this tree, they certainly must have been touched by Kṛṣṇa’s fingernails, since out of joy they are manifesting eruptions on their skin.