Shloka 5
Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints
दृष्टो व: कच्चिदश्वत्थ प्लक्ष न्यग्रोध नो मन: । नन्दसूनुर्गतो हृत्वा प्रेमहासावलोकनै: ॥ ५ ॥
dṛṣṭo vaḥ kaccid aśvattha plakṣa nyagrodha no manaḥ nanda-sūnur gato hṛtvā prema-hāsāvalokanaiḥ
O punong aśvattha, o plakṣa, o nyagrodha, nakita ba ninyo si Kṛṣṇa? Ang anak ni Nanda Mahārāja ay umalis na matapos nakawin ang aming isipan sa Kanyang mapagmahal na ngiti at sulyap.
FAQs
This verse shows the gopīs’ intense longing: they address even the trees as witnesses, asking if Kṛṣṇa has passed by, because His loving smiles and glances have ‘stolen’ their hearts.
Overwhelmed by separation, they see all of Vraja as connected to Kṛṣṇa’s līlā and ask nature itself for guidance, revealing their single-minded absorption in Him.
Channel feelings of absence into remembrance—hearing, chanting, and reflecting on the Lord’s qualities—so longing deepens devotion rather than turning into despair.