Verse Text
yathā –
māṁ puṣpitāraṇya-didṛkṣayāgataṁ
nimeṣa-viśleṣa-vidīrṇa-mānasāḥ |
te saṁspṛśantaḥ pulakāṣcita-śriyo
dūrād ahaṁpūrvikayādya remire ||31||
Translation
An example: Today, when I went to see the flowering forests of Vṛndāvana, my friends were suffering by even a moment’s separation from Me. From far off, they said, “I will be touched by Him first! I will be touched by Him first!” With hairs standing on end, they played in this way.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
These are the thoughts of Kṛṣṇa in lamentation when Brahmā stole the cowherd boys. Or these are the words of Kṛṣṇa to Uddhava in Mathurā. All those who were sent by Kṛṣṇa to gather the calves engaged in playing, while saying “I will return and be touched first by Kṛṣṇa!”
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
For example, once Kṛṣṇa was thinking, “Today, while I was engaged in tending the cows in the pasturing ground of Vṛndāvana, I went to collect some flowers in a beautiful garden. At that time My friends, the cowherd boys, were unhappy even to tolerate a two-minute separation from Me. And when they found Me, there was competition between us as to who would touch the other first with the flowers we had in hand.”