e - these; kene - why; kahibe - will say; kṛṣṇera - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; uddeśa - direction; āmāya - to us; e - these; strī-jāti - belonging to the class of women; latā - creepers; āmāra - our; sakhī-prāya - like friends.

“ ‘Why should the trees tell us where Kṛṣṇa has gone? Let us rather inquire from the creepers; they are female and are therefore like friends to us.