CC Madhya 21.124
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 124
- aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ
- truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām
- kuṭila-kuntalaṁ śrī-mukhaṁ ca te
- jaḍa udīkṣatāṁ pakṣma-kṛd dṛśām
SYNONYMS
aṭati — goes; yat — when; bhavān — Your Lordship; ahni — in the day; kānanam — to the forest; truṭiḥ — half a second; yugāyate — appears like a yuga; tvām — You; apaśyatām — of those not seeing; kuṭila-kuntalam — adorned with curly hair; śrī-mukham — beautiful face; ca — and; te — Your; jaḍaḥ — stupid; udīkṣatām — looking at; pakṣma-kṛt — the maker of eyelashes; dṛśām — of the eyes.
TRANSLATION
“‘O Kṛṣṇa, when You go to the forest during the day and we do not see Your sweet face, which is surrounded by beautiful curly hair, half a second becomes as long as an entire age for us. And we consider the creator, who has put eyelids on the eyes we use for seeing You, to be simply a fool.’
PURPORT
This verse is spoken by the gopīs in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 10.31.15).