mada - by intoxication; vighūrṇita - rolling; locanaḥ - His eyes; īṣat - slightly; māna-daḥ - showing honor; sva-suhṛdām - to His well-wishing friends; vana-mālī - wearing a garland of forest flowers; badara - like a badara fruit; pāṇḍu - whitish; vadanaḥ - His face; mṛdu - soft; gaṇḍam - His cheeks; maṇḍayan - ornamenting; kanaka - golden; kuṇḍala - of His earrings; lakṣmyā - with the beauty; yadu-patiḥ - the Lord of the Yadu dynasty; dvirada-rāja - like a kingly elephant; vihāraḥ - His sporting; yāminī-patiḥ - the lord of the night (the moon); iva - like; eṣaḥ - He; dina-ante - at the end of the day; mudita - joyful; vaktraḥ - His face; upayāti - is coming; durantam - insurmountable; mocayan - driving away; vraja - of Vraja; gavām - of the cows, or of those who are to be shown mercy; dina - of the daytime; tāpam - the painful heat.

As Kṛṣṇa respectfully greets His well-wishing friends, His eyes roll slightly as if from intoxication. He wears a flower garland, and the beauty of His soft cheeks is accentuated by the brilliance of His golden earrings and the whiteness of His face, which has the color of a badara berry. With His cheerful face resembling the moon, lord of the night, the Lord of the Yadus moves with the grace of a regal elephant. Thus He returns in the evening, delivering the cows of Vraja from the heat of the day.