rāja-veśa, hātī, ghoḍā, manuṣya gahana
kāhāṅ gopa-veśa, kāhāṅ nirjana vṛndāvana

 rāja-veśa - royal dress; hātī - elephants; ghoḍā - horses; manuṣya - men; gahana - crowds; kāhāṅ - where; gopa-veśa - the dress of a cowherd boy; kāhāṅ - where; nirjana - solitary; vṛndāvana - Vṛndāvana.


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She thought of Him in the calm and quiet atmosphere of Vṛndāvana, dressed as a cowherd boy. But at Kurukṣetra He was in a royal dress and was accompanied by elephants, horses and crowds of men. Thus the atmosphere was not congenial for Their meeting.

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