verse 183

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

परकीयाभिमानिन्यस् तथा तस्य प्रिया-जनाः
प्रच्छन्नेनैव भावेन रमयन्ति निजं प्रियम्

parakīyābhimāninyas tathā tasya priyā-janāḥ
pracchannenaiva bhāvena ramayanti nijaṃ priyam

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

परकीय—थे लोवे ओf अनोथेर्;<इ> अभिमानिन्यः—wइथ् थे चोन्चेप्तिओन्;<इ> तथा—सो;<इ स्त्य्ले="म्सो-बिदि-fओन्त्-स्त्य्ले: नोर्मल्"> तस्य—ओf हिम्;<इ> प्रिया-जनाः—थे देअर् गोपीस्;<इ> <इ>प्रच्छन्नेन—चोन्चेअलेद्;<इ> एव—इन्देएद्;<इ> भावेन—wइथ् लोवे;<इ स्त्य्ले="म्सो-बिदि-fओन्त्-स्त्य्ले: नोर्मल्"> <इ>रमयन्ति—देलिघ्त्;<इ> निजम्—ओwन्;<इ स्त्य्ले="म्सो-बिदि-fओन्त्-स्त्य्ले: नोर्मल्"> प्रियम्—बेलोवेद्. <प्> थिन्किन्ग् ओf हिम् अस् थेइर् परमोउर्, wइथ् हिद्देन् लोवे थे गोपीस् प्लेअसे थेइर् बेलोवेद् कृष्ण. <प्> तेxत्स् १८४ अन्द् १८५ <प्> <इ>आत्मानं चिन्तयेत् तत्र तासां मध्ये मनोरमाम्
रूप-यौवन-सम्पन्नां किशोरीं प्रमदाकृतिम्

parakīya—the love of another; abhimāninyaḥ—with the conception; tathā—so; tasya—of Him; priyā-janāḥ—the dear gopīs; pracchannena—concealed; eva—indeed; bhāvena—with love; ramayanti—delight; nijam—own; priyam—beloved.

Thinking of Him as their paramour, with hidden love the gopīs please their beloved Kṛṣṇa.

Texts 184 and 185

ātmānaṃ cintayet tatra tāsāṃ madhye manoramām
rūpa-yauvana-sampannāṃ kiśorīṃ pramadākṛtim

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

नाना-शिल्प-कलाभिज्ञां कृष्ण-भोगानुरूपिणीम्
प्रार्थिताम् अपि कृष्णेन ततो भोग-पराङ्मुखीम्

nānā-śilpa-kalābhijñāṃ kṛṣṇa-bhogānurūpiṇīm
prārthitām api kṛṣṇena tato bhoga-parāṅmukhīm

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

ātmānam—self; cintayet—may think; tatra—there; tāsām—of them; madhye—in the midst; manoramām—chamring; rūpa—handsomeness; yauvana—and youth; sampannām—endowed with; kiśorīm—youth; pramadā—of a beautiful girl; ākṛtim—the form; nānā-śilpa- kalābhijñām—e4xpert in various arts; kṛṣṇa- bhogānurūpiṇīm—pleasing to Lord Kṛṣṇa; prārthitām—requested; api—even; kṛṣṇena—by Lord Kṛṣṇa; tataḥ—then; bhoga- parāṅmukhīm—averse to enjoyment.

English translation of verse:

One should think of oneself as a beautiful young gopī girl expert in various arts, pleasing to Lord Kṛṣṇa, reluctant to directly enjoy with Lord Kṛṣṇa even if He were personally to invite you, . . .