Chapter 19
श्रीशुक उवाच क्रीडासक्तेषु गोपेषु तद्गावो दूरचारिणी: । स्वैरं चरन्त्यो विविशुस्तृणलोभेन गह्वरम् ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca krīḍāsakteṣu gopeṣu tad-gāvo dūra-cāriṇīḥ svairaṁ carantyo viviśus tṛṇa-lobhena gahvaram
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; krīḍā — in their playing; āsakteṣu — while they were completely absorbed; gopeṣu — the cowherd boys; tat-gāvaḥ — their cows; dūra-cāriṇīḥ — wandering far away; svairam — independently; carantyaḥ — grazing; viviśuḥ — they entered; tṛṇa — for grass; lobhena — out of greed; gahvaram — a dense forest.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While the cowherd boys were completely absorbed in playing, their cows wandered far away. They hungered for more grass, and with no one to watch them they entered a dense forest.”