iti -- thus; gopyah -- the gopis; hi -- indeed; govinde -- on Govinda; gata -- focusing; vak -- their speech; kaya -- bodies; manasah -- and minds; krishna-dute -- the messenger of Krishna; samayate -- having arrived and joined them; uddhave -- Uddhava; tyakta -- putting aside; laukikah -- worldly affairs; gayantyah -- singing; priya -- of their beloved; karmani -- about the activities; rudantyah -- crying; ca -- and; gata-hriyah -- forgetting all shyness; tasya -- His; samsmritya samsmritya -- intensely remembering again and again; yani -- which; kaisora -- of youth; balyayoh -- and childhood.

Thus speaking, the gopis, whose words, bodies and minds were fully dedicated to Lord Govinda, put aside all their regular work now that Krishna's messenger, Sri Uddhava, had arrived among them. Constantly remembering the activities their beloved Krishna had performed in His childhood and youth, they sang about them and cried without shame.