Madhya 19.98

TEXT 98

TEXT

কম্প্রতি কথয়িতুমীশে সম্প্রতি কো বা প্রতীতিমায়াতু ।
গোপতি-তনয়াকুঞ্জে গোপবধূটী-বিটং ব্রহ্ম ॥ ৯৮ ॥

kam prati kathayitum ise

samprati ko va pratitim ayatu

go-pati-tanaya-kunje

gopa-vadhuti-vitam brahma

SYNONYMS

kam prati-unto whom; kathayitum-to speak; ise-am I able; samprati-now; kah-who; va-or; pratitim-belief; ayatu-would do; go-pati-of the sun-god; tanaya-of the daughter (the Yamuna); kunje-in the bushes on the bank; gopa-vadhuti-of the cowherd girls; vitam-the hunter; brahma-the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

"To whom can I speak who will believe me when I say that Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is hunting the gopis in the bushes by the banks of the River Yamuna? In this way the Lord demonstrates His pastimes."

PURPORT

This verse was also later included in Padyavali (98).