Verse 3.1.150

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.1.150:

ক্ষণে বলে আই,—“ওই বেণু শিঙ্গা বাজে অক্রূর আইলা কিবা পুনঃ গোষ্ঠ মাঝে?” ॥ ১৫০ ॥

क्षणे बले आइ,—“ओइ वेणु शिङ्गा बाजे अक्रूर आइला किबा पुनः गोष्ठ माझे?” ॥ १५० ॥

kṣaṇe bale āi,—“oi veṇu śiṅgā bāje akrūra āilā kibā punaḥ goṣṭha mājhe?” || 150 ||

ksane bale ai,—“oi venu singa baje akrura aila kiba punah gostha majhe?” (150)

English translation:

(150) Sometimes mother Śacī would say, “Is that the sound of the flute and horn? Has Akrūra returned to Vṛndāvana?”

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Another reading for veṇu (“flute”) is śuni (“hearing”). In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (10.46.18-19) it is stated:

api smarati naḥ kṛṣṇo mātaraṃ suhṛdaḥ sakhīn gopān vrajaṃ cātma-nāthaṃ gāvo vṛndāvanaṃ girim

“Does Kṛṣṇa remember us? Does He remember His mother and His friends and well-wishers? Does He remember the cowherds and their village of Vraja, of which He is the master? Does He remember the cows, Vṛndāvana forest, and Govardhana Hill?

apy āyāsyati govindaḥ sva-janān sakṛd īkṣitum tarhi drakṣyāma tad-vaktraṃ su-nasaṃ su-smitekṣaṇam

“Will Govinda return even once to see His family? If He ever does, we may then glance upon His beautiful face, with its beautiful eyes, nose, and smile.” One should also see Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapters 38-39.