mada-vighūrṇita-locana īṣat
māna-daḥ sva-suhṛdāḿ vana-mālī
badara-pāṇḍu-vadano mṛdu-gaṇḍaḿ
maṇḍayan kanaka-kuṇḍala-lakṣmyā
yadu-patir dvirada-rāja-vihāro
yāminī-patir ivaiṣa dinānte
mudita-vaktra upayāti durantaḿ
mocayan vraja-gavāḿ dina-tāpam
mada -- by intoxication; vighurnita -- rolling; locanah -- His eyes; ishat -- slightly; mana-dah -- showing honor; sva-suhridam -- to His well-wishing friends; vana-mali -- wearing a garland of forest flowers; badara -- like a badara fruit; pandu -- whitish; vadanah -- His face; mridu -- soft; gandam -- His cheeks; mandayan -- ornamenting; kanaka -- golden; kundala -- of His earrings; lakshmya -- with the beauty; yadu-patih -- the Lord of the Yadu dynasty; dvirada-raja -- like a kingly elephant; viharah -- His sporting; yamini-patih -- the lord of the night (the moon); iva -- like; eshah -- He; dina-ante -- at the end of the day; mudita -- joyful; vaktrah -- His face; upayati -- is coming; durantam -- insurmountable; mocayan -- driving away; vraja -- of Vraja; gavam -- of the cows, or of those who are to be shown mercy; dina -- of the daytime; tapam -- the painful heat.
The word gavam is constructed from the Sanskrit word go, which means "cow" or "senses." Thus Sri Krishna, by coming back to the village of Vraja, relieved the inhabitants of Vrindavana from the distress their eyes and other senses felt during the day because of being separated from direct contact with Him.