tāsāṁ mukundo madhu-mañju-bhāṣitair
gṛhīta-cittaḥ para-vān manasvy api
kathaṁ punar naḥ pratiyāsyate 'balā
grāmyāḥ salajja-smita-vibhramair bhraman

 tāsām - their; mukundaḥ - Kṛṣṇa; madhu - like honey; mañju - sweet; bhāṣitaiḥ - by the words; gṛhīta - seized; cittaḥ - whose mind; paravān - subservient; manasvī - intelligent; api - although; katham - how; punaḥ - again; naḥ - to us; pratiyāsyate - will He return; abalāḥ - O girls; grāmyāḥ - who are rustic; sa-lajja - shyly; smita - smiling; vibhramaiḥ - by their enchantments; bhraman - becoming bewildered.


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O gopīs, although our Mukunda is intelligent and very obedient to His parents, once He has fallen under the spell of the honey-sweet words of the women of Mathurā and been enchanted by their alluring, shy smiles, how will He ever return to us unsophisticated village girls?

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