Gopala

[Guest guest]

kandu-krIDA-vigalita-ghana-sveda-mugdhAnana-zrI

kaiz cid dRSTaH kuvalaya-dala-zyAmalaH ko 'pi bAlaH

pRcchaty eva pathi pathi yayau vyAkulA nanda-patnI

tIre tIre tapana-duhituH kRSNam anvezayantI

 

"'Has anyone seen a wonderful boy whose face, decorated by streams

of perspiration from playing ball, is as dark as the blue water lily?'

Thus the agitated wife of Nanda Maharaja goes up and down the paths of

Vraja along the banks of the Yamuna."

 

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