verse 247

Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:

कृश्णो ऽपि तासां शुश्रुषूः स्वच्छन्द-भाषितं मिथः
प्राप्त-निद्र इवाभाति विनिद्रो ऽपि पटावृतः

kṛṣṇo 'pi tāsāṃ śuśruṣūḥ svacchanda-bhāṣitaṃ mithaḥ
prāpta-nidra ivābhāti vinidro 'pi paṭāvṛtaḥ

Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:

kṛṣṇo—Lord Kṛṣṇa; api—even; tāsāṃ—of them; śuśruṣūḥ—eager to hear; svacchanda-bhāṣitaṃ—independent words; mithaḥ—together; prāpta—attained; nidras—sleep; iva—as if; ābhāti—manifested; vinidro—awake; api—even; paṭa—by cloth; āvṛtaḥ—covered.

English translation of verse:

Eager to hear what the gopīs said, Lord Kṛṣṇa only pretended to be asleep as He lay under the covers.