gwāla saṁga, go chārata gopāla

English meaning

(Grazing the cows on the bank of the river Yamunā, Bhagwan Kṛishṇa is playing with His friends.) Shrī Kṛishṇa is grazing the cows on the bank of the river Yamunā with His cowherd friends. Some are singing, some are playing on their flutes, while others are dancing, keeping rhythm by clapping their hands. They are playing various games amongst themselves defeating one another and sometimes being defeated themselves; sometimes feeling happy and sometimes irritated. Thus, according to their win and loss, all the cowherd boys experience happiness and unhappiness. After playing, they all sat down in a circle with Shrī Kṛishṇa seated in the centre, to eat different varieties of food (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent) which they had brought from their homes. At that time, Manasukhā came up with a practical joke. He told everyone, “Look, today, let us first offer our food to God, and then eat it.” Everyone agreed and little Kṛishṇa closed His eyes before anyone else to offer food to God. As soon as He did so, all His cowherd friends sneaked away the food from in front of Him and ate it all up. When He heard the laughter of His friends, Kṛishṇa opened His eyes; and when He found out what had happened, He started crying and ran home weeping to His mother. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī remarks, “Thus, the cowherd boys make even that Supreme God cry whose mouth is the abode of innumerable deaths. Blessed is that divine friendship!”

Complete whole-pad meaning transcribed from the supplied English edition. The source provides no separate line-by-line or word-by-word meaning.

Prem Ras Madira (English), Part 1 · PDF pages 297, 298 · printed pages 242, 243.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.