Devanagari
न मयोदितपूर्वं वा अनृतं तदिमे विदु: ।
एकैकश: प्रतीच्छध्वं सहैवेति सुमध्यमा: ॥ ११ ॥
Verse text
na mayodita-pūrvaṁ vā
anṛtaṁ tad ime viduḥ
ekaikaśaḥ pratīcchadhvaṁ
sahaiveti su-madhyamāḥ
Synonyms
na
—
never
;
mayā
—
by Me
;
udita
—
spoken
;
pūrvam
—
previously
;
vai
—
definitely
;
anṛtam
—
anything false
;
tat
—
that
;
ime
—
these young boys
;
viduḥ
—
know
;
eka
—
ekaśaḥ — one by one
;
pratīcchadhvam
—
pick out (your garments)
;
saha
—
or all together
;
eva
—
indeed
;
iti
—
thus
;
su
—
madhyamāḥ — O slender-waisted girls .
Translation
I have never before spoken a lie, and these boys know it. Therefore, O slender-waisted girls, please come forward, either one by one or all together, and pick out your clothes.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
I have never before spoken a lie, and these boys know it. Therefore, O slender-waisted girls, please come forward, either one by one or all together, and pick out your clothes.
KB 10.22.11
“Please do not come here all at once. Come alone; I want to see each of you in your complete beauty, for you all have thin waists. I have requested you to come alone. Now please comply.”
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The gopis said, "Because you are a liar, we don’t believe your promise."
Krsna then answered, biting his tongue. "I have never told any lies. From birth till now, I have not had any occasion to lie. What is the proof? These young boys are the witnesses. They are reliable as witnesses, because they naturally report whatever they see."
The gopis said, "From far off, please throw the clothes to us in the water, or have the young boys bring them here. "
Krsna said, "How am I to know which is your clothing and which is someone elses.? How can I give them to you if I don’t know. As I am very religious, I don’t touch others things even with my fingernail. You must come here, and, recognizing your own clothes, take them. I do not take, give or touch others things. That is my rule."
The gopis said, "Because you are so impudent, you can disgrace us. Out of this fear, being respectable women, we will not go near you."
Krsna said, "One of the young girls among you can come forward. If she is not disgraced and returns to you, then others can come one by one. Or all can come together. Because if you are all together it would be impossible to disgrace you. The head is called the topmost part of the body. It is very beautiful. Please show me your heads. If you can show your heads, then you should not be embarrassed to show me your other beautiful limbs, including your beautiful waists (sumadhyama)."
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
“We can understand from your laughter that you are lying.” All that I have previously said is not a lie. Or, I have never told a lie before. And my friends here know that, since they are familiar with my behavior thoroughly. “But your friends are also similar to you.” Come forward one by one and take your cloth. If my words prove false for the first ones, then the later girls need not come, seeing my words are a lie. But if the first person does not get permission to come, then it will be difficult for any others to come. Why delay? Understand that I do not have crookedness in my words or mind. Therefore maybe you should all come together. You with your thin waists (su-madhyamāḥ) have been in the cold water a long time. Be merciful and come to the high ground. I desire to see the beauty of your waists. My goal has nothing to do with your clothing. That is the deep meaning of his words.