कृष्णरामायिते द्वे तु गोपायन्त्यश्च काश्चन । वत्सायतीं हन्ति चान्या तत्रैका तु बकायतीम् ॥ १७ ॥
kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite dve tu gopāyantyaś ca kāścana vatsāyatīṁ hanti cānyā tatraikā tu bakāyatīm
- kṛṣṇa-rāmāyite
- acting like Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Balarāma
- dve
- two gopīs
- tu
- and
- gopāyantyaḥ
- acting like Their cowherd boyfriends
- ca
- and
- kāścana
- some
- vatsāyatīm
- who was imitating the calf demon, Vatsāsura
- hanti
- killed
- ca
- and
- anyā
- another
- tatra
- there
- ekā
- one
- tu
- moreover
- bakāyatīm
- another, who was imitating the crane demon, Bakāsura
Two gopīs acted like Rāma and Kṛṣṇa in the midst of several others, who took the role of cowherd boys. One gopī enacted Kṛṣṇa’s killing of the demon Vatsāsura, represented by another gopī, and a pair of gopīs acted out the killing of Bakāsura.