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Shloka 7

The Gopīs Glorify the Song of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute

Veṇu-gīta

Devanagari script

श्रीगोप्य ऊचु: अक्षण्वतां फलमिदं न परं विदाम: सख्य: पशूननु विवेशयतोर्वयस्यै: । वक्त्रं व्रजेशसुतयोरनवेणु जुष्टं यैर्वा निपीतमनुरक्तकटाक्षमोक्षम् ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-gopya ūcuḥ akṣaṇvatāṁ phalam idaṁ na paraṁ vidāmaḥ sakhyaḥ paśūn anuviveśayator vayasyaiḥ vaktraṁ vrajeśa-sutayor anaveṇu-juṣṭaṁ yair vā nipītam anurakta-kaṭākṣa-mokṣam

Translation

Các gopī nói: Hỡi bạn hiền, chúng ta không biết có phúc phần nào cho đôi mắt lớn hơn thế—được thấy gương mặt của hai người con Nanda Mahārāja, khi Các Ngài cùng bạn bè lùa đàn bò vào rừng, đặt sáo lên môi, và ban những ánh nhìn chan chứa yêu thương cho cư dân Vṛndāvana; ai được thấy, người ấy thật hữu phúc.

Synonyms
श्री-गोप्यःthe revered gopīs
श्री-गोप्यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘श्रियः गोप्यः’/‘श्रीमान्यः गोप्यः’ (honorific)
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘said’
अक्षण्वताम्of those who have eyes
अक्षण्वताम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षण्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of those who have eyes’
फलम्the fruit/result
फलम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (refers to ‘this’)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
परम्greater/supreme
परम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘supreme/greater’ (qualifies फलम्)
विदामःwe know
विदामः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘we know’ (with न = ‘we do not know’)
सख्यःO friends
सख्यः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसखी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), बहुवचन; vocative ‘O friends’
पशून्the animals/cows
पशून्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन
अनुalong/after
अनु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb) — ‘along/after’
विवेशयतोःof the two who were herding/leading in
विवेशयतोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√विश् (धातु)
Formणिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative + शतृ/शानच्-सम्भव (present participial stem), षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; ‘of the two who were causing (them) to enter/leading in’
वयस्यैःby their companions
वयस्यैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘by (their) companions/friends’
वक्त्रम्the face
वक्त्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as object of implied ‘to behold’/relative clause—taken as द्वितीया
व्रजेश-सुतयोःof the two sons of the lord of Vraja
व्रजेश-सुतयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रजेश (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्रजेशस्य सुतौ)
अनु-वेणु-जुष्टम्accompanied by the flute
अनु-वेणु-जुष्टम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + वेणु (प्रातिपदिक) + √जुष् (धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘जुष्ट’ (enjoyed/served) with उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘वेणुना अनुजुष्टम्’ (accompanied/enjoyed by the flute) (qualifies वक्त्रम्)
यैःby whom
यैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; relative pronoun ‘by whom’
वाor/indeed
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle) — ‘or/indeed’
निपीतम्sipped/drunk
निपीतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√पा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘sipped/drunk’ (qualifies वक्त्रम्/its beauty)
अनुरक्त-कटाक्ष-मोक्षम्casting loving sidelong glances
अनुरक्त-कटाक्ष-मोक्षम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुरक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + कटाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘अनुरक्तस्य कटाक्षस्य मोक्षः’ (the release/casting of loving glances) (qualifies वक्त्रम्/निपीतम्)
Purport

This translation is quoted from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Ādi-līlā 4.155).

Characters & Entities
K
Krishna
B
Balarama
G
Gopīs
C
Cowherd boys (vayasyāḥ)
C
Cows (paśu)

FAQs

Veṇu-gīta is the gopīs’ poetic glorification of Kṛṣṇa’s flute and His forest pastimes; here they declare that the greatest ‘fruit’ of having eyes is to behold Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, especially their faces adorned by the flute’s charm and their loving sidelong glances.

Because witnessing Their cowherding līlā—Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma going with friends and cows—reveals the sweetest form of divine intimacy, where even a glance from Them feels like the highest liberation and fulfillment.

Cultivate “darśana-bhāva”: seek Kṛṣṇa’s presence through attentive worship, hearing, and remembrance, valuing loving connection over mere attainment—seeing life as fulfilled when it becomes oriented toward beholding and serving the Divine.

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