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ŚB 10.23.37

Devanagari

एवं लीलानरवपुर्नृलोकमनुशीलयन् ।
रेमे गोगोपगोपीनां रमयन् रूपवाक्कृतै: ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

evaṁ līlā-nara-vapur
nr-lokam anuśīlayan
reme go-gopa-gopīnāṁ
ramayan rūpa-vāk-kṛtaiḥ

Synonyms

evam — in this manner; līlā — for pastimes; nara — appearing as a human being; vapuḥ — whose transcendental body; nṛ-lokam — human society; anuśīlayan — imitating; reme — He took pleasure; go — the cows; gopa — cowherd boys; gopīnām — the cowherd girls; ramayan — pleasing; rūpa — with His beauty; vāk — words; kṛtaiḥ — and actions.

Translation

Thus the Supreme Lord, appearing like a human being to perform His pastimes, imitated the ways of human society. He enjoyed pleasing His cows, cowherd boyfriends and cowherd girlfriends with His beauty, words and actions.