bhaktānām udagād anargala-dhiyāṁ vargo nisargojjvalaḥ
śīlaiḥ pallavitaḥ sa ballava-vadhū-bandhoḥ prabandho 'py asau
lebhe catvaratāṁ ca tāṇḍava-vidher vṛndāṭavī-garbha-bhūr
manye mad-vidha-puṇya-maṇḍala-parīpāko 'yam unmīlati

 bhaktānām - of devotees; udagāt - has appeared; anargala-dhiyām - constantly thinking of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; vargaḥ - the assembly; nisarga-ujjvalaḥ - naturally very advanced; śīlaiḥ - with natural poetic decorations; pallavitaḥ - spread like the leaves of a tree; saḥ - that; ballava-vadhū-bandhoḥ - of the friend of the gopīs, Śrī Kṛṣṇa; prabandhaḥ - a literary composition; api - even; asau - that; lebhe - has achieved; catvaratām - the quality of a quadrangular place with level ground; ca - and; tāṇḍava-vidheḥ - for dancing; vṛndā-aṭavī - of the forest of Vṛndāvana; garbha-bhūḥ - the inner grounds; manye - I consider; mat-vidha - of persons like me; puṇya-maṇḍala - of groups of pious activities; parīpākaḥ - the full development; ayam - this; unmīlati - appears.


Text

“ ‘The devotees now present are constantly thinking of the Supreme Lord and are therefore highly advanced. This work named Vidagdha-mādhava depicts the characteristic pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa with decorations of poetic ornaments. And the inner grounds of the forest of Vṛndāvana provide a suitable platform for the dancing of Kṛṣṇa with the gopīs. Therefore I think that the pious activities of persons like us, who have tried to advance in devotional service, have now attained maturity.’

Purport

This is verse 8 of the first act of the Vidagdha-mādhava.