sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; krida -- in their playing; asakteshu -- while they were completely absorbed; gopeshu -- the cowherd boys; tat-gavah -- their cows; dura-carinih -- wandering far away; svairam -- independently; carantyah -- grazing; vivisuh -- they entered; trina -- for grass; lobhena -- out of greed; gahvaram -- a dense forest.

Sukadeva Gosvami said: While the cowherd boys were completely absorbed in playing, their cows wandered far away. They hungered for more grass, and with no one to watch them they entered a dense forest.