मणिधर: क्वचिदागणयन् गा मालया दयितगन्धतुलस्या: । प्रणयिनोऽनुचरस्य कदांसे प्रक्षिपन् भुजमगायत यत्र ॥ १८ ॥ क्वणितवेणुरववञ्चितचित्ता: कृष्णमन्वसत कृष्णगृहिण्य: । गुणगणार्णमनुगत्य हरिण्यो गोपिका इव विमुक्तगृहाशा: ॥ १९ ॥
maṇi-dharaḥ kvacid āgaṇayan gā mālayā dayita-gandha-tulasyāḥ praṇayino ’nucarasya kadāṁse prakṣipan bhujam agāyata yatra kvaṇita-veṇu-rava-vañcita-cittāḥ kṛṣṇam anvasata kṛṣṇa-gṛhiṇyaḥ guṇa-gaṇārṇam anugatya hariṇyo gopikā iva vimukta-gṛhāśāḥ
- maṇi
- (a string of) gems
- dharaḥ
- holding
- kvacit
- somewhere
- āgaṇayan
- counting
- gāḥ
- the cows
- mālayā
- with a flower garland
- dayita
- of His beloved
- gandha
- having the fragrance
- tulasyāḥ
- the tulasī flowers upon which
- praṇayinaḥ
- loving
- anucarasya
- of a companion
- kadā
- at some time
- aṁse
- on the shoulder
- prakṣipan
- throwing
- bhujam
- His arm
- agāyata
- He sang
- yatra
- when
- kvaṇita
- vibrated
- veṇu
- of His flute
- rava
- by the sound
- vañcita
- stolen
- cittāḥ
- their hearts
- kṛṣṇam
- Kṛṣṇa
- anvasata
- they sat down beside
- kṛṣṇa
- of the black deer
- gṛhiṇyaḥ
- the wives
- guṇa-gaṇa
- of all transcendental qualities
- arṇam
- the ocean
- anugatya
- approaching
- hariṇyaḥ
- the does
- gopikāḥ
- the gopīs
- iva
- just like
- vimukta
- having given up
- gṛha
- for home and family
- āśāḥ
- their hopes
Now Kṛṣṇa is standing somewhere counting His cows on a string of gems. He wears a garland of tulasī flowers that bear the fragrance of His beloved, and He has thrown His arm over the shoulder of an affectionate cowherd boyfriend. As Kṛṣṇa plays His flute and sings, the music attracts the black deer’s wives, who approach that ocean of transcendental qualities and sit down beside Him. Just like us cowherd girls, they have given up all hope for happiness in family life.