एवं मदर्थोज्झितलोकवेद- स्वानां हि वो मय्यनुवृत्तयेऽबला: । मयापरोक्षं भजता तिरोहितं मासूयितुं मार्हथ तत् प्रियं प्रिया: ॥ २१ ॥
evaṁ mad-arthojjhita-loka-veda svānām hi vo mayy anuvṛttaye ’balāḥ mayāparokṣaṁ bhajatā tirohitaṁ māsūyituṁ mārhatha tat priyaṁ priyāḥ
- evam
- thus
- mat
- My
- artha
- for the sake
- ujjhita
- having rejected
- loka
- worldly opinion
- veda
- the opinion of the Vedas
- svānām
- and relatives
- hi
- indeed
- vaḥ
- of you
- mayi
- for Me
- anuvṛttaye
- for the loving propensity
- abalāḥ
- My dear girls
- mayā
- by Me
- aparokṣam
- removed from your sight
- bhajatā
- who is actually reciprocating
- tirohitam
- the disappearance
- mā
- with Me
- asūyitum
- to be inimical
- ma arhatha
- you should not
- tat
- therefore
- priyam
- with your beloved
- priyāḥ
- My dear beloveds
My dear girls, understanding that simply for My sake you had rejected the authority of worldly opinion, of the Vedas and of your relatives, I acted as I did only to increase your attachment to Me. Even when I removed Myself from your sight by suddenly disappearing, I never stopped loving you. Therefore, My beloved gopīs, please do not harbor any bad feelings toward Me, your beloved.