निजपदाब्जदलैर्ध्वजवज्र- नीरजाङ्कुशविचित्रललामै: । व्रजभुव: शमयन् खुरतोदं वर्ष्मधुर्यगतिरीडितवेणु: ॥ १६ ॥ व्रजति तेन वयं सविलास- वीक्षणार्पितमनोभववेगा: । कुजगतिं गमिता न विदाम: कश्मलेन कवरं वसनं वा ॥ १७ ॥
nija-padābja-dalair dhvaja-vajra nīrajāṅkuśa-vicitra-lalāmaiḥ vraja-bhuvaḥ śamayan khura-todaṁ varṣma-dhurya-gatir īḍita-veṇuḥ vrajati tena vayaṁ sa-vilāsa vīkṣaṇārpita-manobhava-vegāḥ kuja-gatiṁ gamitā na vidāmaḥ kaśmalena kavaraṁ vasanaṁ vā
- nija
- His own
- pada-abja
- of the lotus feet
- dalaiḥ
- like flower petals
- dhvaja
- of a flag
- vajra
- thunderbolt
- nīraja
- lotus
- aṅkuśa
- and elephant goad
- vicitra
- variegated
- lalāmaiḥ
- by the markings
- vraja
- of Vraja
- bhuvaḥ
- of the ground
- śamayan
- relieving
- khura
- from the hooves (of the cows)
- todam
- the pain
- varṣma
- with His body
- dhurya
- like an elephant’s
- gatiḥ
- whose movement
- īḍita
- extolled
- veṇuḥ
- whose flute
- vrajati
- He walks
- tena
- by that
- vayam
- we
- savilāsa
- playful
- vīkṣaṇa
- with His glances
- arpita
- bestowed
- manaḥ-bhava
- of lust
- vegāḥ
- whose agitation
- kuja
- like that of trees
- gatim
- whose movement (i.e., complete lack of movement)
- gamitāḥ
- attaining
- na vidāmaḥ
- we do not recognize
- kaśmaleṇa
- because of our bewilderment
- kavaram
- the braids of our hair
- vasanam
- our dress
- vā
- or
As Kṛṣṇa strolls through Vraja with His lotus-petal-like feet, marking the ground with the distinctive emblems of flag, thunderbolt, lotus and elephant goad, He relieves the distress the ground feels from the cows’ hooves. As He plays His renowned flute, His body moves with the grace of an elephant. Thus we gopīs, who become agitated by Cupid when Kṛṣṇa playfully glances at us, stand as still as trees, unaware that our hair and garments are slackening.