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CC Madhya 21.124

অটতি যদ্ভবানহ্নি কাননং ক্রটির্যুগায়তে ত্বামপশ্যতাম্‌ ।
কুটিলকুন্তলং শ্রী মুখঞ্চ তে জড় উদীক্ষতাং পক্ষ্মকৃদ্‌দৃশাম্ ॥ ১২৪ ॥
aṭati yad bhavān ahni kānanaṁ
truṭir yugāyate tvām apaśyatām
kuṭila-kuntalaṁ śrī-mukhaṁ ca te
jaḍa udīkṣatāṁ pakṣma-kṛd dṛśām

Synonyms

aṭatigoes; yatwhen; bhavānYour Lordship; ahniin the day; kānanamto the forest; truṭiḥhalf a second; yugāyateappears like a yuga; tvāmYou; apaśyatāmof those not seeing; kuṭilakuntalamadorned with curly hair; śrī-mukhambeautiful face; caand; teYour; jaḍaḥstupid; udīkṣatāmlooking at; pakṣmakṛtthe maker of eyelashes; dṛśāmof the eyes.

Translation

“ ‘O Kṛṣṇa, when You go to the forest during the day and we do not see Your sweet face, which is surrounded by beautiful curly hair, half a second becomes as long as an entire age for us. And we consider the creator, who has put eyelids on the eyes we use for seeing You, to be simply a fool.’

Purport

This verse is spoken by the gopīs in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.31.15).