cittaḿ sukhena bhavatāpahṛtaḿ gṛheṣu
yan nirviśaty uta karāv api gṛhya-kṛtye
pādau padaḿ na calatas tava pāda-mūlād
yāmaḥ kathaḿ vrajam atho karavāma kiḿ vā
cittam -- our minds; sukhena -- easily; bhavata -- by You; apahritam -- were stolen; griheshu -- in our households; yat -- which; nirvisati -- were absorbed; uta -- moreover; karau -- our hands; api -- as well; grihya-kritye -- in household work; padau -- our feet; padam -- one step; na calatah -- are not moving; tava -- Your; pada-mulat -- away from the feet; yamah -- we shall go; katham -- how; vrajam -- back to Vraja; atha u -- and then; karavama -- we shall do; kim -- what; va -- furthermore.
Until today our minds were absorbed in household affairs, but You easily stole both our minds and our hands away from our housework. Now our feet won't move one step from Your lotus feet. How can we go back to Vraja? What would we do there?
Sri Krishna had blown into His flute, and the intoxicating music that had come out of its holes had stolen the minds of the young gopi girls. Now they had come to see Krishna to demand back their stolen property, but they could regain their minds only if Sri Krishna accepted them and engaged with them in conjugal affairs.
Sri Krishna might have replied, "But My dear gopis, just go home for now. Let Me consider the situation for a day or two, and then I will give you back your minds." In reply to this possible argument, the gopis state, "Our feet refuse to move even one step. So please give us back our minds and accept us, and then we will go."
