बद्ध्वा परिकरं शौरि: समुह्य कुटिलालकान् । उवाच हस्तिपं वाचा मेघनादगभीरया ॥ ३ ॥
baddhvā parikaraṁ śauriḥ samuhya kuṭilālakān uvāca hastipaṁ vācā megha-nāda-gabhīrayā
- baddhvā
- binding
- parikaram
- His clothes
- śauriḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- samuhya
- tying together
- kuṭila
- curled
- alakān
- the locks of His hair
- uvāca
- He spoke
- hasti-pam
- to the elephant-keeper
- vācā
- with words
- megha
- of a cloud
- nāda
- like the sound
- gabhīrayā
- grave
Securely binding up His clothes and tying back His curly locks, Lord Kṛṣṇa addressed the elephant-keeper with words as grave as the rumbling of a cloud.