वर्षाण्यष्टौ सुराष्ट्रेषु देवि गोत्वं कृतं मया । मोहाद् दुर्जनदुष्टाज्ञबालगोपाललीलया ॥ ४३ ॥
varṣāṇyaṣṭau surāṣṭrēṣu dēvi gōtvaṁ kṛtaṁ mayā | mōhād durjanaduṣṭājñabālagōpālalīlayā || 43 ||
Translation
For eight years in Surāṣṭra, goddess, I was a cow, in my delusion, the plaything of wicked, ignorant cowherd boys.
Word by word
- varṣāṇya
- (varṣāṇi) for years
- aṣṭau
- eight
- surāṣṭrēṣu
- in Surāṣṭra
- dēvi
- goddess
- gōtvaṁ
- a cow
- kṛtaṁ
- was
- mayā
- I
- mōhād
- (mohāt) in my delusion
- durjana
- wicked
- duṣṭa
- bad
- ajña
- ignorant
- bāla
- boys
- gōpāla
- cowherd
- līlayā
- the plaything
Meaning
A life of being beaten and driven by careless boys: the commentary takes it as the fruit of the delusion of the king's life before.