aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ
truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām
kuṭila-kuntalaṁ śrī-mukhaṁ ca te
jaḍa udīkṣatāṁ pakṣma-kṛd dṛśām

 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.


Text

“ ‘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 (10.31.15).