आरुह्यैका पदाक्रम्य शिरस्याहापरां नृप । दुष्टाहे गच्छ जातोऽहं खलानां ननु दण्डकृत् ॥ २१ ॥
āruhyaikā padākramya śirasy āhāparāṁ nṛpa duṣṭāhe gaccha jāto ’haṁ khalānām nanu daṇḍa-kṛt
- āruhya
- rising up
- ekā
- one of the gopīs
- padā
- with her foot
- ākramya
- climbing above
- śirasi
- the head
- āha
- said
- aparām
- to another
- nṛpa
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- duṣṭa
- wicked
- ahe
- O snake
- gaccha
- go away
- jātaḥ
- have taken birth
- aham
- I
- khalānām
- on those who are envious
- nanu
- indeed
- daṇḍa
- of punishment
- kṛt
- as the imposer
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O King, one gopī climbed on another’s shoulders and, putting her foot on the other’s head, said, “Go away from here, O wicked snake! You should know that I have taken birth in this world just to punish the envious.”