भगवांस्तास्तथाभूता विविक्त उपसङ्गत: । आश्लिष्यानामयं पृष्ट्वा प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ ४० ॥
bhagavāṁs tās tathā-bhūtā vivikta upasaṅgataḥ āśliṣyānāmayaṁ pṛṣṭvā prahasann idam abravīt
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- tāḥ
- them
- tathā-bhūtāḥ
- being in such a state
- vivikte
- in a secluded place
- upasaṅgataḥ
- going up to
- āśliṣya
- embracing
- anāmayam
- health
- pṛṣṭvā
- asking about
- prahasan
- laughed
- idam
- this
- abravīt
- said
The Supreme Lord approached the gopīs in a secluded place as they stood in their ecstatic trance. After embracing each of them and inquiring about their well-being, He laughed and spoke as follows.