धारयन्त्यतिकृच्छ्रेण प्राय: प्राणान् कथञ्चन । प्रत्यागमनसन्देशैर्बल्लव्यो मे मदात्मिका: ॥ ६ ॥
dhārayanty ati-kṛcchreṇa prāyaḥ prāṇān kathañcana pratyāgamana-sandeśair ballavyo me mad-ātmikāḥ
- dhārayanti
- they hold on
- ati-kṛcchreṇa
- with great difficulty
- prāyaḥ
- barely
- prāṇān
- to their lives
- kathañcana
- somehow
- prati-āgamana
- of return
- sandeśaiḥ
- by the promises
- ballavyaḥ
- the cowherd women
- me
- My
- mat-ātmikāḥ
- who are fully dedicated to Me
Simply because I have promised to return to them, My fully devoted cowherd girlfriends struggle to maintain their lives somehow or other.