श्रीगोप्य ऊचु: अहो विधातस्तव न क्वचिद् दया संयोज्य मैत्र्या प्रणयेन देहिन: । तांश्चाकृतार्थान् वियुनङ्क्ष्यपार्थकं विक्रीडितं तेऽर्भकचेष्टितं यथा ॥ १९ ॥
śrī-gopya ūcuḥ aho vidhātas tava na kvacid dayā saṁyojya maitryā praṇayena dehinaḥ tāṁś cākṛtārthān viyunaṅkṣy apārthakaṁ vikrīḍitaṁ te ’rbhaka-ceṣṭitaṁ yathā
- śrī-gopyaḥ ūcuḥ
- the gopīs said
- aho
- O
- vidhātaḥ
- Providence
- tava
- your
- na
- there is not
- kvacit
- anywhere
- dayā
- mercy
- saṁyojya
- bringing together
- maitryā
- with friendship
- praṇayena
- and with love
- dehinaḥ
- embodied living beings
- tān
- them
- ca
- and
- akṛta
- unfulfilled
- arthān
- their aims
- viyunaṅkṣi
- you separate
- apārthakam
- uselessly
- vikrīḍitam
- play
- te
- your
- arbhaka
- of a child
- ceṣṭitam
- the activity
- yathā
- as
The gopīs said: O Providence, you have no mercy! You bring embodied creatures together in friendship and love and then senselessly separate them before they fulfill their desires. This whimsical play of yours is like a child’s game.