श्रीशुक उवाच तं वीक्ष्य कृष्णानुचरं व्रजस्त्रिय: प्रलम्बबाहुं नवकञ्जलोचनम् । पीताम्बरं पुष्करमालिनं लस- न्मुखारविन्दं परिमृष्टकुण्डलम् ॥ १ ॥ सुविस्मिता: कोऽयमपीव्यदर्शन: कुतश्च कस्याच्युतवेषभूषण: । इति स्म सर्वा: परिवव्रुरुत्सुका- स्तमुत्तम:श्लोकपदाम्बुजाश्रयम् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca taṁ vīkṣya kṛṣānucaraṁ vraja-striyaḥ pralamba-bāhuṁ nava-kañja-locanam pītāmbaraṁ puṣkara-mālinaṁ lasan- mukhāravindaṁ parimṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalam su-vismitāḥ ko ’yam apīvya-darśanaḥ kutaś ca kasyācyuta-veṣa-bhūṣaṇaḥ iti sma sarvāḥ parivavrur utsukās tam uttamaḥ-śloka-padāmbujāśrayam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- tam
- him
- vīkṣya
- seeing
- kṛṣṇa-anucaram
- the servant of Lord Kṛṣṇa (Uddhava)
- vraja-striyaḥ
- the women of Vraja
- pralamba
- hanging down
- bāhum
- whose arms
- nava
- young
- kañja
- like lotuses
- locanam
- whose eyes
- pīta
- yellow
- ambaram
- wearing a garment
- puṣkara
- of lotuses
- mālinam
- wearing a garland
- lasat
- effulgently glowing
- makha
- whose face
- aravindam
- lotuslike
- parimṛṣṭa
- polished
- kuṇḍalam
- whose earrings
- su-vismitāḥ
- quite astonished
- kaḥ
- who
- ayam
- this
- apīvya
- handsome
- darśanaḥ
- whose appearance
- kutaḥ
- from where
- ca
- and
- kasya
- belonging to whom
- acyuta
- of Kṛṣṇa
- veṣa
- wearing the clothing
- bhūṣaṇaḥ
- and ornaments
- iti
- saying this
- sma
- indeed
- sarvāḥ
- all of them
- parivavruḥ
- surrounded
- utsukāḥ
- eager
- tam
- him
- uttamaḥ-śloka
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is praised by the best poetry
- pada-ambuja
- by the lotus feet
- āśrayam
- who is sheltered
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The young women of Vraja became astonished upon seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa’s servant, who had long arms, whose eyes resembled a newly grown lotus, who wore a yellow garment and a lotus garland, and whose lotuslike face glowed with brightly polished earrings. “Who is this handsome man?” the gopīs asked. “Where has he come from, and whom does he serve? He’s wearing Kṛṣṇa’s clothes and ornaments!” Saying this, the gopīs eagerly crowded around Uddhava, whose shelter was the lotus feet of Lord Uttamaḥśloka, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.