antar hrade bhujaga-bhoga-parītam ārāt
kṛṣṇaḿ nirīham upalabhya jalāśayānte
gopāḿś ca mūḍha-dhiṣaṇān paritaḥ paśūḿś ca
sańkrandataḥ parama-kaśmalam āpur ārtāḥ
antah -- within; hrade -- the lake; bhujaga -- of the serpent; bhoga -- within the body; paritam -- enveloped; arat -- from a distance; krishnam -- Lord Krishna; niriham -- not moving; upalabhya -- seeing; jala-asaya -- the body of water; ante -- within; gopan -- the cowherd boys; ca -- and; mudha-dhishanan -- unconscious; paritah -- surrounding; pasun -- the animals; ca -- and; sankrandatah -- crying out; parama-kasmalam -- the greatest bewilderment; apuh -- they experienced; artah -- being distressed.
As they hurried along the path to the bank of the Yamuna River, they saw from a distance that Krishna was in the lake, motionless within the coils of the black serpent. They further saw that the cowherd boys had fallen unconscious and that the animals were standing on all sides, crying out for Krishna. Seeing all this, the residents of Vrindavana were overwhelmed with anguish and confusion.
In their grief and panic, the residents of Vrindavana tried to find out whether Kaliya had forcibly dragged young Krishna from the shore into the water, or whether Krishna had Himself jumped from the shore and fallen into the clutches of the snake. They could not understand anything about the situation, and Krishna's cowherd boyfriends, being unconscious, were unable to tell them anything. The cows and calves were crying out for Krishna, and thus the whole situation was overwhelming and created a state of shock and panic among the residents of Vrindavana.
