काचिन्मधुकरं दृष्ट्वा ध्यायन्ती कृष्णसङ्गमम् । प्रियप्रस्थापितं दूतं कल्पयित्वेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ११ ॥
kācin madhukaraṁ dṛṣṭvā dhyāyantī kṛṣṇa-saṅgamam priya-prasthāpitaṁ dūtaṁ kalpayitvedam abravīt
- kācit
- one (of the gopīs)
- madhu-karam
- a honeybee
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- dhyāyantī
- while meditating
- kṛṣṇa-saṅgamam
- on Her association with Kṛṣṇa
- priya
- by Her beloved
- prasthāpitam
- sent
- dūtam
- a messenger
- kalpayitvā
- imagining it
- idam
- the following
- abravīt
- spoke
One of the gopīs, while meditating on Her previous association with Kṛṣṇa, saw a honeybee before Her and imagined it to be a messenger sent by Her beloved. Thus She spoke as follows.