he natha he rama-natha

 vraja-natharti-nasana

magnam uddhara govinda

 gokulam vrjinarnavat

 

Translation: 

 

O master, O master of the goddess of fortune, O master of Vraja! O destroyer of all suffering, Govinda, please lift Your Gokula out of the ocean of distress in which it is drowning!

 

Purport: 

 

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti presents the following insight into this scene: Someone might propose to the gopis, “Why don’t you just go somewhere else? Leave Vrndavana, and then you won’t have to see these rivers, mountains and forests. Cover your eyes with your garments, use your intelligence to lead your minds to some other thought, and thus forget Krsna.” The gopis answer this suggestion in the previous verse by stating, “We no longer possess our intelligence, for Krsna has taken it away by His supreme beauty and charm.”

 

Now in the present verse the feelings of the gopis become so strong that they disregard Uddhava and, turning toward Mathura, address Krsna Himself with humble cries. They address Krsna as Vrajanatha because in the past young Krsna performed many inconceivable pastimes to protect His beloved village people, such as lifting Govardhana Hill and destroying many monstrous demons. In this heartrending verse, the gopis cry out to Krsna to remember the wonderful, sweet relationship they once enjoyed together as innocent village people. Indeed, Sri Krsna would lovingly take care of His father’s cows, and the gopis appealed to Him to remember these duties and return so He could resume them.