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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .4.248

yathā –
[yathaa –]
vidhurita-vadanā vidūna-bhāsas
[vidhurita-vadanaa vidoona-bhaasas]
tam aghaharaṁ gahane gaveṣayantaḥ |
[tam aghaharam gahane gaveshayantah |]
mṛdu-kala-muralīṁ niśamya śaile
[mridu-kala-muraleem nishamya shaile]
vraja-śiśavaḥ pulakojjvalā babhūvuḥ || atra viṣāda-śāntiḥ | ||248||
[vraja-shishavah pulakojjvalaa babhoovuh || atra vishaada-shaantih | ||248||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā –
vidhurita-vadanā vidūna-bhāsas
tam aghaharaṁ gahane gaveṣayantaḥ |
mṛdu-kala-muralīṁ niśamya śaile
vraja-śiśavaḥ pulakojjvalā babhūvuḥ || atra viṣāda-śāntiḥ | ||248||
This is an example of disappearance of viṣāda (despair): When the children of Vraja could not see Kṛṣṇa, their faces withered and became pale. They began searching for Kṛṣṇa in the forest. At that time, hearing the soft sound of His flute on a mountain top, they became filled with joy with hairs standing on end.

Once the cowherd boys in Vṛndāvana were vainly searching after Kṛṣṇa for a long time, and for that reason their faces became blackened, and their complexions appeared faded. Just then they could hear on the hill a faint vibration from Kṛṣṇa’s flute. Immediately all of them became very much gladdened. This is an instance of satisfaction in the midst of disappointment.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Gaveṣayantaḥ means “they searched.” Though there are other versions mṛdu-kala-muralīṁ niśamya (hearing the soft sound of the flute) is the preferred version.

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