श्रीशुक उवाच तथानुगृह्य भगवान् गोपीनां स गुरुर्गति: । युधिष्ठिरमथापृच्छत् सर्वांश्च सुहृदोऽव्ययम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca tathānugṛhya bhagavān gopīnāṁ sa gurur gatiḥ yudhiṣṭhiram athāpṛcchat sarvāṁś ca suhṛdo ’vyayam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- tathā
- in this way
- anugṛhya
- showing favor
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- gopīnām
- of the young cowherd women
- saḥ
- He
- guruḥ
- their spiritual master
- gatiḥ
- and goal
- yudhiṣṭhiram
- from Yudhiṣṭhira
- atha
- then
- apṛcchat
- He inquired
- sarvān
- all
- ca
- and
- su-hṛdaḥ
- His well-wishing relatives
- avyayam
- welfare
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the gopīs and the very purpose of their life, showed them His mercy. He then met with Yudhiṣṭhira and all His other relatives and inquired from them about their welfare.