śrī-gopya ūcuḥ
vāma-bāhu-kṛta-vāma-kapolo
valgita-bhrur adharārpita-veṇum
komalāńgulibhir āśrita-mārgaḿ
gopya īrayati yatra mukundaḥ
vyoma-yāna-vanitāḥ saha siddhair
vismitās tad upadhārya sa-lajjāḥ
kāma-mārgaṇa-samarpita-cittāḥ
kaśmalaḿ yayur apasmṛta-nīvyaḥ
sri-gopyah ucuh -- the gopis said; vama -- left; bahu -- on His arm; krita -- putting; vama -- left; kapolah -- His cheek; valgita -- moving; bhruh -- His eyebrows; adhara -- upon His lips; arpita -- placed; venum -- His flute; komala -- tender; angulibhih -- with His fingers; asrita-margam -- its holes stopped; gopyah -- O gopis; irayati -- vibrates; yatra -- where; mukundah -- Lord Krishna; vyoma -- in the sky; yana -- traveling; vanitah -- the ladies; saha -- together with; siddhaih -- the Siddha demigods; vismitah -- amazed; tat -- to that; upadharya -- listening; sa -- with; lajjah -- embarrassment; kama -- of lust; margana -- to the pursuit; samarpita -- offered; cittah -- their minds; kasmalam -- distress; yayuh -- they experienced; apasmrita -- forgetting; nivyah -- the belts of their dresses.
Srila Jiva Gosvami states that this chapter consists of a collection of statements the gopis made at various times as they stood in small groups here and there in Vrindavana.