केचिद्गोपालबालाश्च चक्रुश्च तन्निवारणम्
Some cowherd boys and girls tried to restrain them.
तेषां केचिज्ज्ञानवन्तो रक्षां चक्रुः प्रयत्नतः 4.19.
Among them, some who were wise earnestly performed acts of protection.
केचिद्वक्तुं प्रवृत्तिं च प्रययुर्नन्दसन्निधिम्
Some went to Nanda's presence to report what had happened.
इत्यूचुः किं करिष्यामः कुतोऽस्माकं गतो हरिः
They said, 'What shall we do? Where has Hari gone from us?'
हे बन्धो दर्शनं देहीत्यूचुः प्राणाः प्रयान्ति हि
'O friend, grant us your sight,' they said, 'for our very lives are departing.'
संप्रापुरतिलोलाश्च रुदन्तः शोकविह्वलाः
Trembling, overwhelmed by grief, they approached, weeping.
गोपान्गोपालिकाश्चैव रक्तपङ्कजलोचनाः
The cowherds and cowherd girls, their eyes reddened with tears,
कलिन्दनन्दिनीतीरं रुरुदुर्बालकैर्युताः
Wept along the bank of the Kalindi river, joined by the children.
ह्रदं विशन्तीमम्बां तां केचिच्चक्रुर्निवारणम्
Some tried to restrain the mother who was entering the lake.
केचिद्विललपुस्तत्र मूर्च्छां प्रापुश्च केचन
Some there lamented, and some even fainted.
मूर्च्छां च प्राप सा शोकान्मृतेव च सरित्तटे
She too, from grief, fell unconscious on the riverbank, as if dead.
भूयोऽपि रोदनं कृत्वा भूयो मूर्च्छामवाप ह 4.19.
Again she wept, and again she fell into a faint.
गोपाश्च गोपिकाश्चैव राधिकामतिमूर्च्छिताम् सर्वांश्च बोधयामास बलश्च ज्ञानिनां वरः
The cowherds and cowherd girls, and Radhika, utterly unconscious—Bala, the best of the wise, revived them all.
श्रीबलदेव उवाच
Śrī Baladeva said:
हे नन्द ज्ञानिनां श्रेष्ठ गर्गवाक्यस्मृतिं कुरु
O Nanda, best among the wise, remember the words of Garga.
विधातुः संविधातुश्च भुवि कस्मात्पराजयः
How can there be defeat on earth for the Creator and the Ordainer?
विद्यमानोऽप्यविदृश्यः संयोगो योगिनामपि
Though present, yet unseen, his union is attained even by yogis.
नाग्निग्रस्तो न हिंस्यश्चापीदमाध्यात्मिका विदुः
He is not consumed by fire, nor harmed; the wise know this as pertaining to the inner self.
ज्योतिःस्वरूपस्य विभोर्नाद्यन्तमध्यमात्मनः
Of the Lord whose essence is light, the self has neither beginning, nor end, nor middle.
यन्नाभिपद्मजो ब्रह्मा तस्येशस्य ह्रदे विपत्
From whose navel-lotus Brahma was born, in whose lake of mastery he fell.
न तथाऽपि तदीशं तं ग्रस्तुं सर्पः क्षमो भवेत् 4.19.
Yet even then, the serpent was not able to devour that Lord.
निगूढं योगिनां सारं संशयच्छेदकारणम्
Hidden is the essence for yogis, the cause for the removal of doubt.
तत्याज शोकं नन्दश्च व्रजश्च व्रजयोषितः
Nanda, the people of Vraja, and the women of Vraja abandoned sorrow.
बन्धुविच्छेदविषये प्रबोधे न स्थितं मनः
Their minds did not remain steady in understanding the separation from relatives.
ददृशुस्तं सुप्रसन्ना व्रजाश्च व्रजयोषितः
The people of Vraja and the women of Vraja saw him, their hearts delighted.
अस्निग्धवस्त्रमस्निग्धमलुप्तचन्दनाञ्जनम्
His garment was unsmeared, his sandal and collyrium unblemished.
मयूरपिच्छचूडं च वंशीवदनमच्युतम्
He wore a peacock-feather crown, played the flute, and was unchanging.
चुचुम्ब वदनाम्भोजं प्रसन्नवदनेक्षणा
With faces bright and eyes cheerful, they kissed his lotus-face.
निमेषरहिताः सर्वे ददृशुः श्रीमुखं हरेः
All, without blinking, gazed upon the glorious face of Hari.
दावाग्निर्वेष्टयामास तैः सर्वैः सह गोकुलम् 4.19.
The forest fire began to encircle Gokula along with all of them.