SB 10.39.24

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 39: Akrūra's vision

SB 10.39.23 - SB 10.39.25

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 24

tāsāṁ mukundo madhu-mañju-bhāṣitair

gṛhīta-cittaḥ para-vān manasvy api

kathaṁ punar naḥ pratiyāsyate 'balā

grāmyāḥ salajja-smita-vibhramair bhraman

SYNONYMS

tāsām — their; mukundaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; madhu — like honey; mañju — sweet; bhāṣitaiḥ — by the words; gṛhīta — seized; cittaḥ — whose mind; paravān — subservient; manasvī — intelligent; api — although; katham — how; punaḥ — again; naḥ — to us; pratiyāsyate — will He return; abalāḥ — O girls; grāmyāḥ — who are rustic; sa-lajja — shyly; smita — smiling; vibhramaiḥ — by their enchantments; bhraman — becoming bewildered.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey—sweet words of the women of Mathurā and been enchanted by their alluring, shy smiles, how will He ever return to us unsophisticated village girls?

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