śrī-śuka uvāca
gopyaḥ kṛṣṇe vanaḿ yāte
tam anudruta-cetasaḥ
kṛṣṇa-līlāḥ pragāyantyo
ninyur duḥkhena vāsarān
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; gopyah -- the gopis; krishne -- Lord Krishna; vanam -- to the forest; yate -- having gone; tam -- after Him; anudruta -- chasing; cetasah -- whose minds; krishna-lilah -- the transcendental pastimes of Krishna; pragayantyah -- singing loudly; ninyuh -- they passed; duhkhena -- unhappily; vasaran -- the days.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Whenever Krishna went to the forest, the minds of the gopis would run after Him, and thus the young girls sadly spent their days singing of His pastimes.
Although the gopis enjoyed direct association with Krishna at night in the rasa dance, during the day He went about His normal duties, tending His cows in the forest. At that time the minds of the gopis would run after Him, but the young girls had to stay back in the village and do their own duties. Thus feeling the pain of separation, they would sing about Sri Krishna's transcendental pastimes.
