CC Ādi 4.179

Adi-līlā, Chapter 4, Text 179

সে প্রতিজ্ঞা ভঙ্গ হৈল গোপীর ভজনে ।
তাহাতে প্রমাণ কৃষ্ণ–শ্রীমুখবচনে ॥ ১৭৯ ॥

se pratijñā bhaṅga haila gopīra bhajane
tāhāte pramāṇa kṛṣṇa-śrī-mukha-vacane

Word by word

se — that; pratijñā — promise; bhaṅga haila — was broken; gopīra — of the gopīs; bhajane — by the worship; tāhāte — in that; pramāṇa — the proof; kṛṣṇa — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; śrī-mukha-vacane — by the words from the mouth.

Translation

That promise has been broken by the worship of the gopīs, as Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself admits.