Shloka 31
Gopī-Vipralambha: The Search for Kṛṣṇa and the Revelation of Divine Footprints
इमान्यधिकमग्नानि पदानि वहतो वधूम् । गोप्य: पश्यत कृष्णस्य भाराक्रान्तस्य कामिन: । अत्रावरोपिता कान्ता पुष्पहेतोर्महात्मना ॥ ३१ ॥
imāny adhika-magnāni padāni vahato vadhūm gopyaḥ paśyata kṛṣṇasya bhārākrāntasya kāminaḥ atrāvaropitā kāntā puṣpa-hetor mahātmanā
诸位牧女请看：此处多情的奎师那足印更深陷于地，因为他背负着爱侣的重量。又在这里，那聪慧的少年必是将她放下，为她采撷花朵。
The word vadhūm indicates that even though Śrī Kṛṣṇa was not officially married to Rādhārāṇī, He had in fact made Her His bride in the Vṛndāvana forest.
FAQs
This verse shows the gopīs reading Kṛṣṇa’s deeply impressed footprints as evidence of His loving pastime—He carried His beloved, making the marks sink further, and then set her down to gather flowers.
Because they infer from the unusually deep footprints that Kṛṣṇa was carrying a beloved companion; the added weight made the impressions sink more into the earth.
It teaches attentive remembrance: the gopīs transform small signs into devotion, encouraging seekers to cultivate mindful awareness of the Divine in everyday “footprints” and moments.