Devanagari
इमान्यधिकमग्नानि पदानि वहतो वधूम् ।
गोप्य: पश्यत कृष्णस्य भाराक्रान्तस्य कामिन: ।
अत्रावरोपिता कान्ता पुष्पहेतोर्महात्मना ॥ ३१ ॥
Verse text
imāny adhika-magnāni
padāni vahato vadhūm
gopyaḥ paśyata kṛṣṇasya
bhārākrāntasya kāminaḥ
atrāvaropitā kāntā
puṣpa-hetor mahātmanā
Synonyms
imāni
—
these
;
adhika
—
very much
;
magnāni
—
merged
;
padāni
—
footprints
;
vahataḥ
—
of Him who was carrying
;
vadhūm
—
His consort
;
gopyaḥ
—
O gopīs
;
paśyata
—
just see
;
kṛṣṇasya
—
of Kṛṣṇa
;
bhāra
—
by the weight
;
ākrāntasya
—
oppressed
;
kāminaḥ
—
lusty
;
atra
—
in this place
;
avaropitā
—
placed down
;
kāntā
—
the girlfriend
;
puṣpa
—
of (gathering) flowers
;
hetoḥ
—
for the purpose
;
mahā
—
ātmanā — by the very intelligent .
Translation
Please observe, my dear gopīs, how in this place lusty Kṛṣṇa’s footprints are pressed more deeply into the ground. Carrying the weight of His beloved must have been difficult for Him. And over here that intelligent boy must have put Her down to gather some flowers.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Please observe, my dear gopīs, how in this place lusty Kṛṣṇa's footprints are pressed more deeply into the ground. Carrying the weight of His beloved must have been difficult for Him. And over here that intelligent boy must have put Her down to gather some flowers.
Purport
The word
vadhūm
indicates that even though Śrī Kṛṣṇa was not officially married to Rādhārāṇī, He had in fact made Her His bride in the Vṛndāvana forest.
According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the
gopīs
use the word
kāminaḥ
here to indicate the following thoughts: “We actually love Śrī Kṛṣṇa, but still He has rejected us. Therefore His private dealings with Rādhārāṇī prove that this young prince of Vraja has carried Her away because of lust. If He were interested in love, He would have accepted us instead of that cowherd girl Rādhārāṇī.”
These thoughts reveal the mood of the
gopīs
who are rivals of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Of course, the
gopīs
who are Her direct allies were jubilant to see Her good fortune.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
"O gopis afflicted with the great sickness of envy, do not lament. Here we do not see that woman’s footprints." With this intention, Lalita speaks. "Here we do not see Radha’s footprints." Other sakhis looking with crooked glances of bliss at Lalita say to her after discussion among themselves. " Embracing her with his two arms he has lifted her to his chest, because being most dear to him (preyasi), he could not bear the pain to her tender feet." By this Radha gave the sakhis two types of bliss: the happiness arising from seeing her good fortune, and happiness arising from seeing the sorrow of the competing gopis (vipaksa).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
The opposing group speaks with envy. O gopīs! Being clever you can see this. Kṛṣṇa is impelled by lust (kāminaḥ), not by cleverness arising from the rasas of prema. Rādhā’s friends speak. She was put down here by the crest jewel of clever lovers (mahātmanaḥ). This last line is not seen in some versions.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
The symptoms are described. O gopīs! Being skilful in love you should see this. Kṛṣṇa is lusty (kāminaḥ) otherwise he would not do this. This is a statement uttered in hatred. Actually it indicates great control over him. For the other party it indicates that he had great attachment to her. This verse is not seen in many versions.
Later they see her footprints in front. The skilful lover (mahātmanaḥ) or he who is most intelligent, put her down to pick flowers. This line is seen in some editions.