tāsām - before them; āvirabhūt - He appeared; śauriḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; smayamāna - smiling; mukha - His face; ambujaḥ - lotuslike; pīta - yellow; ambara - a garment; dharaḥ - wearing; srak-vī - wearing a flower garland; sākṣāt - directly; man-matha - of Cupid (who bewilders the mind); man - of the mind; mathaḥ - the bewilderer.

Then Lord Kṛṣṇa, a smile on His lotus face, appeared before the gopīs. Wearing a garland and a yellow garment, He directly appeared as one who can bewilder the mind of Cupid, who himself bewilders the minds of ordinary people.