Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 38: Akrūra's Arrival in Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.8

yad arcitaḿ brahma-bhavādibhiḥ suraiḥ

śriyā ca devyā munibhiḥ sa-sātvataiḥ

go-cāraṇāyānucaraiś carad vane

yad gopikānāḿ kuca-kuńkumāńkitam

SYNONYMS

yat — which (lotus feet); arcitam — worshiped; brahma-bhava — by Brahmā and Śiva; ādibhiḥ — and other; suraiḥ — demigods; śriyā — by Śrī; ca — also; devyā — the goddess of fortune; munibhiḥ — by the sages; sa-sātvataiḥ — along with the devotees; go — the cows; cāraṇāya — for tending; anucaraiḥ — together with His companions; carat — moving about; vanein the forest; yat — which; gopikānām — of the cowherd girls; kuca — from the breasts; kuńkuma — by the red kuńkuma powder; ańkitam — marked.

TRANSLATION

Those lotus feet are worshiped by Brahmā, Śiva and all the other demigods, by the goddess of fortune, and also by the great sages and Vaiṣṇavas. Upon those lotus feet the Lord walks about the forest while herding the cows with His companions, and those feet are smeared with the kuńkuma from the gopīs' breasts.

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