श्रीशुक उवाच अन्विच्छन्त्यो भगवतो मार्गं गोप्योऽविदूरित: । ददृशु: प्रियविश्लेषान्मोहितां दु:खितां सखीम् ॥ ४० ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca anvicchantyo bhagavato mārgaṁ gopyo ’vidūritaḥ dadṛśuḥ priya-viśleṣān mohitāṁ duḥkhitāṁ sakhīm
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- anvicchantyaḥ
- searching out
- bhagavataḥ
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- mārgam
- the path
- gopyaḥ
- the gopīs
- avidūritaḥ
- not far away
- dadṛśuḥ
- saw
- priya
- from Her beloved
- viśleṣāt
- because of the separation
- mohitām
- bewildered
- duḥkhitām
- unhappy
- sakhīm
- their friend
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While continuing to search out Kṛṣṇa’s path, the gopīs discovered their unhappy friend close by. She was bewildered by separation from Her lover.