Å«cuḥ paurÄ aho gopyas
tapaḥ kim acaran mahat
yÄ hy etÄv anupaÅ›yanti
nara-loka-mahotsavau

 Å«cuḥ - said; paurÄḥ - the women of the city; aho - ah; gopyaḥ - the cowherd girls (of Vá¹›ndÄvana); tapaḥ - austerity; kim - what; acaran - have executed; mahat - great; yÄḥ - who; hi - indeed; etau - these two; anupaÅ›yanti - constantly see; nara-loka - for human society; mahÄ-utsavau - who are the greatest source of pleasure.


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The women of MathurÄ exclaimed: Oh, what severe austerities the gopÄ«s must have performed to be able to regularly see Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma, who are the greatest source of pleasure for all mankind!

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