te tatra tatrābja-yavāńkuśāśani-
dhvajopapannāni padāni viś-pateḥ
mārge gavām anya-padāntarāntare
nirīkṣamāṇā yayur ańga satvarāḥ
te -- they; tatra tatra -- here and there; abja -- with the lotus flower; yava -- barleycorn; ankusa -- elephant goad; asani -- thunderbolt; dhvaja -- and flag; upapannani -- adorned; padani -- the footprints; vit-pateh -- of Lord Krishna, the master of the cowherd community; marge -- upon the path; gavam -- of the cows; anya-pada -- the other footprints; antara-antare -- dispersed among; nirikshamanah -- seeing; yuyuh -- they went; anga -- my dear King; sa-tvarah -- rapidly.
The footprints of Lord Krishna, the master of the entire cowherd community, were marked with the lotus flower, barleycorn, elephant goad, thunderbolt and flag. My dear King Parikshit, seeing His footprints on the path among the cows' hoofprints, the residents of Vrindavana rushed along in great haste.
Srila Sanatana Gosvami comments as follows: "Since Lord Krishna had passed along the path some time previously, why weren't His footprints, which were surrounded by those of cows, cowherd boys and so on, smudged over and brushed away? Why hadn't His footprints been obliterated by those of the beasts and birds of Vrindavana forest? The answer is indicated by the word vis-pati, master of the cowherd community. Since Lord Krishna is actually the wealth of all living beings, all the inhabitants of the forest of Vraja would carefully preserve His footprints as great treasures, the very ornaments of the earth. Thus no creature within Vrindavana would ever walk upon Lord Krishna's footprints."
