Shloka 19
The Gopīs Glorify the Song of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute
Veṇu-gīta
गा गोपकैरनुवनं नयतोरुदार- वेणुस्वनै: कलपदैस्तनुभृत्सु सख्य: । अस्पन्दनं गतिमतां पुलकस्तरुणां निर्योगपाशकृतलक्षणयोर्विचित्रम् ॥ १९ ॥
gā gopakair anu-vanaṁ nayator udāra veṇu-svanaiḥ kala-padais tanu-bhṛtsu sakhyaḥ aspandanaṁ gati-matāṁ pulakas taruṇāṁ niryoga-pāśa-kṛta-lakṣaṇayor vicitram
友よ、クリシュナとバララーマが牧童の仲間とともに森を行き、牛を導くとき、気高く甘い笛の調べは動く生きものを呆然と立ち尽くさせ、動かぬ木々さえ法悦の震えに揺らします。搾乳の際に牛の後ろ脚を縛るための綱を携えることも、まことに不思議で見事です。
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma would sometimes wear Their cowherding ropes on Their heads and sometimes carry them on Their shoulders, and thus They were beautifully decorated with all the equipment of cowherd boys.
FAQs
This verse says Kṛṣṇa’s flute music is so spiritually potent that it stills moving beings and makes even trees show ecstatic symptoms like goosebumps, as if bound by loving connection to Him.
They are expressing how all of Vraja responds to Kṛṣṇa’s presence: creation itself participates in devotion, revealing bhakti’s ecstatic signs when touched by His flute song.
Cultivate attentive hearing (śravaṇam) of Kṛṣṇa-kathā and devotional music; the verse teaches that sincere, absorbed listening can still the restless mind and awaken loving connection to the Divine.