niśamya gītāḿ tad anańga-vardhanaḿ
vraja-striyaḥ kṛṣṇa-gṛhīta-mānasāḥ
ājagmur anyonyam alakṣitodyamāḥ
sa yatra kānto java-lola-kuṇḍalāḥ
nisamya -- hearing; gitam -- the music; tat -- that; ananga -- Cupid; vardhanam -- which fortifies; vraja-striyah -- the young women of Vraja; krishna -- by Krishna; grihita -- seized; manasah -- whose minds; ajagmuh -- they went; anyonyam -- to one another; alakshita -- unnoticed; udyamah -- their going forward; sah -- He; yatra -- where; kantah -- their boyfriend; java -- because of their haste; lola -- swinging; kundalah -- whose earrings.
When the young women of Vrindavana heard Krishna's flute song, which arouses romantic feelings, their minds were captivated by the Lord. They went to where their lover waited, each unknown to the others, moving so quickly that their earrings swung back and forth.
Apparently each gopi went secretly, hoping to avoid advertising to her rivals the fact that young Krishna was in the mood for romantic affairs. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti poetically describes the situation as follows:
"Krishna instigated a terrible act of thievery in Vrindavana when He played on His flute. The song of His flute entered through the ears of the gopis, into the inner treasure chamber of their hearts. That wonderful music stole all their most valuable possessions -- their sobriety, shyness, fear and discrimination, along with their very minds -- and in a split second this music delivered all these goods to Krishna. Now each gopi went to beg the Lord to return her personal property. Each beautiful young girl was thinking, 'I have to capture that great thief,' and thus they went forward, each unknown to the others."
