te tatra tatrÄbja-yavÄá¹…kuÅ›ÄÅ›ani-
dhvajopapannÄni padÄni viÅ›-pateḥ
mÄrge gavÄm anya-padÄntarÄntare
nirÄ«ká¹£amÄá¹‡Ä yayur aá¹…ga satvarÄḥ
te - they; tatra tatra - here and there; abja - with the lotus flower; yava - barleycorn; aá¹…kuÅ›a - elephant goad; aÅ›ani - thunderbolt; dhvaja - and flag; upapannÄni - adorned; padÄni - the footprints; viá¹-pateḥ - of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of the cowherd community; mÄrge - upon the path; gavÄm - of the cows; anya-pada - the other footprints; antara-antare - dispersed among; nirÄ«ká¹£amÄṇÄḥ - seeing; yuyuḥ - they went; aá¹…ga - my dear King; sa-tvarÄḥ - rapidly.
The footprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of the entire cowherd community, were marked with the lotus flower, barleycorn, elephant goad, thunderbolt and flag. My dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it, seeing His footprints on the path among the cows’ hoofprints, the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana rushed along in great haste.
ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« comments as follows: “Since Lord Kṛṣṇa had passed along the path some time previously, why weren’t His footprints, which were surrounded by those of cows, cowherd boys and so on, smudged over and brushed away? Why hadn’t His footprints been obliterated by those of the beasts and birds of Vá¹›ndÄvana forest? The answer is indicated by the word viÅ›-pati, master of the cowherd community. Since Lord Kṛṣṇa is actually the wealth of all living beings, all the inhabitants of the forest of Vraja would carefully preserve His footprints as great treasures, the very ornaments of the earth. Thus no creature within Vá¹›ndÄvana would ever walk upon Lord Kṛṣṇa’s footprints.â€
