ŚB 10.39.37
Canto 10, Chapter 39, Text 37
ता निराशा निववृतुर्गोविन्दविनिवर्तने ।
विशोका अहनी निन्युर्गायन्त्य: प्रियचेष्टितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
विशोका अहनी निन्युर्गायन्त्य: प्रियचेष्टितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
tā nirāśā nivavṛtur
govinda-vinivartane
viśokā ahanī ninyur
gāyantyaḥ priya-ceṣṭitam
govinda-vinivartane
viśokā ahanī ninyur
gāyantyaḥ priya-ceṣṭitam
Word by word
tāḥ — they; nirāśāḥ — without hope; nivavṛtuḥ — turned back; govinda-vinivartane — of Govinda’s returning; viśokāḥ — extremely sorrowful; ahanī — the days and nights; ninyuḥ — they spent; gāyantyaḥ — chanting; priya — of their beloved; ceṣṭitam — about the activities.
Translation
The gopīs then turned back, without hope that Govinda would ever return to them. Full of sorrow, they began to spend their days and nights chanting about the pastimes of their beloved.