अपि बत मधुपुर्यामार्यपुत्रोऽधुनास्ते स्मरति स पितृगेहान् सौम्य बन्धूंश्च गोपान् । क्वचिदपि स कथा न: किङ्करीणां गृणीते भुजमगुरुसुगन्धं मूर्ध्न्यधास्यत् कदा नु ॥ २१ ॥
api bata madhu-puryām ārya-putro ’dhunāste smarati sa pitṛ-gehān saumya bandhūṁś ca gopān kvacid api sa kathā naḥ kiṅkarīṇāṁ gṛṇīte bhujam aguru-sugandhaṁ mūrdhny adhāsyat kadā nu
- api
- certainly
- bata
- regrettable
- madhu-puryām
- in the city of Mathurā
- ārya-putraḥ
- the son of Nanda Mahārāja
- adhunā
- now
- āste
- resides
- smarati
- remembers
- saḥ
- He
- pitṛ-gehān
- the household affairs of His father
- saumya
- O great soul (Uddhava)
- bandhūn
- His friends
- ca
- and
- gopān
- the cowherd boys
- kvacit
- sometimes
- api
- or
- saḥ
- He
- kathāḥ
- talks
- naḥ
- of us
- kiṅkarīṇām
- of the maidservants
- gṛṇīte
- relates
- bhujam
- hand
- aguru-su-gandham
- having the fragrance of aguru
- mūrdhni
- on the head
- adhāsyat
- will keep
- kadā
- when
- nu
- maybe
O Uddhava! It is indeed regrettable that Kṛṣṇa resides in Mathurā. Does He remember His father’s household affairs and His friends, the cowherd boys? O great soul! Does He ever talk about us, His maidservants? When will He lay on our heads His aguru-scented hand?