तासां मुकुन्दो मधुमञ्जुभाषितै- र्गृहीतचित्त: परवान् मनस्व्यपि । कथं पुनर्न: प्रतियास्यतेऽबला ग्राम्या: सलज्जस्मितविभ्रमैर्भ्रमन् ॥ २४ ॥
tāsāṁ mukundo madhu-mañju-bhāṣitair gṛhīta-cittaḥ para-vān manasvy api kathaṁ punar naḥ pratiyāsyate ’balā grāmyāḥ salajja-smita-vibhramair bhraman
- tāsām
- their
- mukundaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- madhu
- like honey
- mañju
- sweet
- bhāṣitaiḥ
- by the words
- gṛhīta
- seized
- cittaḥ
- whose mind
- paravān
- subservient
- manasvī
- intelligent
- api
- although
- katham
- how
- punaḥ
- again
- naḥ
- to us
- pratiyāsyate
- will He return
- abalāḥ
- O girls
- grāmyāḥ
- who are rustic
- sa-lajja
- shyly
- smita
- smiling
- vibhramaiḥ
- by their enchantments
- bhraman
- becoming bewildered
O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey-sweet words of the women of Mathurā and been enchanted by their alluring, shy smiles, how will He ever return to us unsophisticated village girls?