तास्ता: क्षपा: प्रेष्ठतमेन नीता मयैव वृन्दावनगोचरेण । क्षणार्धवत्ता: पुनरङ्ग तासां हीना मया कल्पसमा बभूवु: ॥ ११ ॥
tās tāḥ kṣapāḥ preṣṭhatamena nītā mayaiva vṛndāvana-gocareṇa kṣaṇārdha-vat tāḥ punar aṅga tāsāṁ hīnā mayā kalpa-samā babhūvuḥ
- tāḥ tāḥ
- all those
- kṣapāḥ
- nights
- preṣṭha-tamena
- with the most dearly beloved
- nītāḥ
- spent
- mayā
- with Me
- eva
- indeed
- vṛndāvana
- in Vṛndāvana
- go-careṇa
- who can be known
- kṣaṇa
- a moment
- ardha-vat
- like half
- tāḥ
- those very nights
- punaḥ
- again
- aṅga
- dear Uddhava
- tāsām
- for the gopīs
- hīnāḥ
- bereft
- mayā
- of Me
- kalpa
- a day of Brahmā (4,320,000,000 years)
- samāḥ
- equal to
- babhūvuḥ
- became
Dear Uddhava, all of those nights that the gopīs spent with Me, their most dearly beloved, in the land of Vṛndāvana seemed to them to pass in less than a moment. Bereft of My association, however, the gopīs felt that those same nights dragged on forever, as if each night were equal to a day of Brahmā.