बद्धान्यया स्रजा काचित्तन्वी तत्र उलूखले । बध्नामि भाण्डभेत्तारं हैयङ्गवमुषं त्विति । भीता सुदृक् पिधायास्यं भेजे भीतिविडम्बनम् ॥ २३ ॥
baddhānyayā srajā kācit tanvī tatra ulūkhale badhnāmi bhāṇḍa-bhettāraṁ haiyaṅgava-muṣaṁ tv iti bhītā su-dṛk pidhāyāsyaṁ bheje bhīti-viḍambanam
- baddhā
- tied up
- anyayā
- by another gopī
- srajā
- with a flower garland
- kācit
- one gopī
- tanvī
- slender
- tatra
- there
- ulūkhale
- to the grinding mortar
- badhnāmi
- I am binding
- bhāṇḍa
- of the storage pots
- bhettāram
- the breaker
- haiyam-gava
- of the butter saved from the previous day’s milk
- muṣam
- the stealer
- tu
- indeed
- iti
- thus speaking
- bhītā
- afraid
- su-dṛk
- with beautiful eyes
- pidhāya
- covering
- āsyam
- her face
- bheje
- assumed
- bhīti
- of fear
- viḍambanam
- the pretense
One gopī tied up her slender companion with a flower garland and said, “Now I will bind this boy who has broken the butter pots and stolen the butter.” The second gopī then covered her face and beautiful eyes, pretending to be afraid.