pītvā mukunda-mukha-sāragham akṣi-bhṛńgais
tāpaḿ jahur viraha-jaḿ vraja-yoṣito 'hni
tat sat-kṛtiḿ samadhigamya viveśa goṣṭhaḿ
savrīḍa-hāsa-vinayaḿ yad apāńga-mokṣam
pitva -- drinking; mukunda-mukha -- of the face of Lord Mukunda; saragham -- the honey; akshi-bhringaih -- with their beelike eyes; tapam -- distress; jahuh -- gave up; viraha-jam -- based on separation; vraja-yoshitah -- the ladies of Vrindavana; ahni -- during the day; tat -- that; sat-kritim -- offering of respect; samadhigamya -- fully accepting; vivesa -- He entered; goshtham -- the cowherd village; sa-vrida -- with shame; hasa -- laughter; vinayam -- and humbleness; yat -- which; apanga -- of their sidelong glances; moksham -- the release.
With their beelike eyes, the women of Vrindavana drank the honey of the beautiful face of Lord Mukunda, and thus they gave up the distress they had felt during the day because of separation from Him. The young Vrindavana ladies cast sidelong glances at the Lord -- glances filled with bashfulness, laughter and submission -- and Sri Krishna completely accepting these glances as a proper offering of respect, entered the cowherd village.
In Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Srila Prabhupada describes this incident as follows: "All the gopis in Vrindavana remained very morose on account of Krishna's absence. All day they were thinking of Krishna in the forest or of Him herding cows in the pasture. When they saw Krishna returning, all their anxieties were immediately relieved, and they began to look at His face the way drones hover over the honey of the lotus flower. When Krishna entered the village, the young gopis smiled and laughed. Krishna, while playing the flute, enjoyed the beautiful smiling faces of the gopis."
The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, is the supreme master of romantic skills, and thus He expertly exchanged loving feelings with the young cowherd girls of Vrindavana. When a chaste young girl is in love, she glances at her beloved with shyness, jubilation and submission. When the beloved accepts her offering of love by receiving her glance and is thus satisfied with her, the loving young girl's heart becomes filled with happiness. These were exactly the romantic exchanges taking place between beautiful young Krishna and the loving cowherd girls of Vrindavana.
