antar hrade bhujaga-bhoga-parÄ«tam ÄrÄt
kṛṣṇaá¹ nirÄ«ham upalabhya jalÄÅ›ayÄnte
gopÄmÅ› ca mÅ«á¸ha-dhiá¹£aṇÄn paritaḥ paśūmÅ› ca
saá¹…krandataḥ parama-kaÅ›malam Äpur ÄrtÄḥ
antaḥ - within; hrade - the lake; bhujaga - of the serpent; bhoga - within the body; parÄ«tam - enveloped; ÄrÄt - from a distance; kṛṣṇam - Lord Kṛṣṇa; nirÄ«ham - not moving; upalabhya - seeing; jala-ÄÅ›aya - the body of water; ante - within; gopÄn - the cowherd boys; ca - and; mÅ«á¸ha-dhiá¹£aṇÄn - unconscious; paritaḥ - surrounding; paśūn - the animals; ca - and; saá¹…krandataḥ - crying out; parama-kaÅ›malam - the greatest bewilderment; Äpuḥ - they experienced; ÄrtÄḥ - being distressed.
As they hurried along the path to the bank of the YamunÄ River, they saw from a distance that Kṛṣṇa was in the lake, motionless within the coils of the black serpent. They further saw that the cowherd boys had fallen unconscious and that the animals were standing on all sides, crying out for Kṛṣṇa. Seeing all this, the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana were overwhelmed with anguish and confusion.
In their grief and panic, the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana tried to find out whether KÄliya had forcibly dragged young Kṛṣṇa from the shore into the water, or whether Kṛṣṇa had Himself jumped from the shore and fallen into the clutches of the snake. They could not understand anything about the situation, and Kṛṣṇa’s cowherd boyfriends, being unconscious, were unable to tell them anything. The cows and calves were crying out for Kṛṣṇa, and thus the whole situation was overwhelming and created a state of shock and panic among the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana.
