एवं निशा सा ब्रुवतोर्व्यतीता नन्दस्य कृष्णानुचरस्य राजन् । गोप्य: समुत्थाय निरूप्य दीपान् वास्तून् समभ्यर्च्य दधीन्यमन्थन् ॥ ४४ ॥
evaṁ niśā sā bruvator vyatītā nandasya kṛṣṇānucarasya rājan gopyaḥ samutthāya nirūpya dīpān vāstūn samabhyarcya daudhīny amanthun
- evam
- in this way
- niśā
- the night
- sā
- that
- bruvatoḥ
- as they were both speaking
- vyatītā
- was finished
- nandasya
- Nanda Mahārāja
- kṛṣṇa-anucarasya
- and the servant of Kṛṣṇa (Uddhava)
- rājan
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- gopyaḥ
- the cowherd women
- samutthāya
- rising from sleep
- nirūpya
- lighting
- dīpān
- lamps
- vāstūn
- the domestic deities
- samabhyarcya
- worshiping
- dadhīni
- curds
- amanthan
- churned
While Kṛṣṇa’s messenger continued speaking with Nanda, the night ended, O King. The women of the cowherd village rose from bed and, lighting lamps, worshiped their household deities. Then they began churning the yogurt into butter.