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ŚB 10.39.35

Devanagari

तास्तथा तप्यतीर्वीक्ष्य स्वप्रस्थाने यदूत्तम: ।
सान्त्वयामास सप्रेमैरायास्य इति दौत्यकै: ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

tās tathā tapyatīr vīkṣya
sva-prasthāṇe yadūttamaḥ
sāntvayām asa sa-premair
āyāsya iti dautyakaiḥ

Synonyms

tāḥ — them (the gopīs); tathā — thus; tapyatīḥ — lamenting; vīkṣya — seeing; sva-prasthāne — as He was leaving; yadu-uttamaḥ — the greatest of the Yadus; sāntvayām āsa — He consoled them; sa-premaiḥ — full of love; āyāsye iti — “I will return”; dautyakaiḥ — with words sent through a messenger.

Translation

As He departed, that best of the Yadus saw how the gopīs were lamenting, and thus He consoled them by sending a messenger with this loving promise: “I will return.”