गोप्युवाच मधुप कितवबन्धो मा स्पृशाङ्घ्रिं सपत्न्या: कुचविलुलितमालाकुङ्कुमश्मश्रुभिर्न: । वहतु मधुपतिस्तन्मानिनीनां प्रसादं यदुसदसि विडम्ब्यं यस्य दूतस्त्वमीदृक् ॥ १२ ॥
gopy uvāca madhupa kitava-bandho mā spṛśaṅghriṁ sapatnyāḥ kuca-vilulita-mālā-kuṅkuma-śmaśrubhir naḥ vahatu madhu-patis tan-māninīnāṁ prasādaṁ yadu-sadasi viḍambyaṁ yasya dūtas tvam īdṛk
- gopī uvāca
- the gopī said
- madhupa
- O bumblebee
- kitava
- of a cheater
- bandho
- O friend
- mā spṛśa
- please do not touch
- aṅghrim
- the feet
- sapatnyāḥ
- of the lover who is our rival
- kuca
- the breast
- vilulita
- fallen from
- mālā
- from the garland
- kuṅkuma
- with the red cosmetic
- śmaśrubhiḥ
- with the whiskers
- naḥ
- our
- vahatu
- let Him bring
- madhu-patiḥ
- the Lord of the Madhu dynasty
- tat
- His
- māninīnām
- to the women
- prasādam
- mercy or kindness
- yadu-sadasi
- in the royal assembly of the Yadus
- viḍambyam
- an object of ridicule or contempt
- yasya
- whose
- dūtaḥ
- messenger
- tvam
- you
- īdṛk
- such
The gopī said: O honeybee, O friend of a cheater, don’t touch My feet with your whiskers, which are smeared with the kuṅkuma that rubbed onto Kṛṣṇa’s garland when it was crushed by the breasts of a rival lover! Let Kṛṣṇa satisfy the women of Mathurā. One who sends a messenger like you will certainly be ridiculed in the Yadus’ assembly.