नित्यं प्रमुदिता गोपा वत्सपाला यथास्फुटम् । वनेषु मल्लयुद्धेन क्रीडन्तश्चारयन्ति गा: ॥ ३४ ॥
nityaṁ pramuditā gopā vatsa-pālā yathā-sphuṭam vaneṣu malla-yuddhena krīḍantaś cārayanti gāḥ
- nityam
- always
- pramuditāḥ
- very happy
- gopāḥ
- cowherds
- vatsapālāḥ
- tending the calves
- yathā-sphuṭam
- obviously
- vaneṣu
- in the various forests
- malla-yuddhena
- with wrestling
- krīḍantaḥ
- playing
- cārayanti
- they graze
- gāḥ
- the cows
It is well known that cowherd boys are always joyful as they tend their calves, and that the boys playfully wrestle with each other while grazing their animals in the various forests.