Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.34.27
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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kṛṣṇa rāma iti
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thus, 'Kṛṣṇa! Rāma!'
The cry itself — Nāma in vocative — is a kīrtana mantra-fragment. Gauḍīyas note its precise correspondence with the second half of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. The gopīs' panic-call is a piece of the maṇḍala's most universal saṅkīrtana.
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sva-parigraham
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Their own (devotees)
Sva (own) + parigraha (that which is grasped, owned — esp. wife, household). Kṛṣṇa's parigraha is the gopīs — His own. Gauḍīyas treasure this word: prapatti makes the soul Kṛṣṇa's parigraha, and parigraha-rakṣaṇa is a king's first dharma.
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gāḥ dasyunā grastāḥ
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cows seized by a thief
Gā (cows, accusative plural) + dasyu (thief) + grasta (seized — the same √gras of v. 5). Kṛṣṇa is a gopa; the simile says exactly what the gopīs are to Him. The same √gras that named the python's act now names the demon's — and the same Lord responds.
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anvadhāvatām
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the two ran after
Anu (after) + √dhāv (to run). Imperfect dual. Bhagavān's running is recorded — He does not stroll, does not summon a missile from a distance. For His own, He runs. Gauḍīyas remember Yaśodā chasing the butter-thief: Vraja-Kṛṣṇa's whole body is a love-engine.
In front of Krsna and balaramas’ eyes, sankhacuda drove away the gopis, who were shouting and crying "O Rama, o Krsna, please protect us." Frightening them by whirling a big stick, he fled with them to the north. One should understand that he could not actually touch them. In the next verse this is explained (yatha ga).
They were eternal associates (sva-parigraham) and thus it was necessary to protect them. Because of this it should be understood that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were most disturbed. The two brothers were of one mind because of mutual affection. The many gopīs under the protection of the two brothers were taken by one person at once, while they became disturbed. An example is used to illustrate this. They were like cows forcibly driven away by a thief for himself. The gopīs also ran like the cows. But they were not touched by Śaṅkhacūḍa.
Loudly the gopīs chanted or called out their names (krośantam). Because they called out, the two boys looked carefully (vilokya). Or the present tense is used to indicate that they called out continuously. They saw their dear ones (sva-parigraham) being taken off, and thus had to protect them. The two felt great pain. The two out of affection for each other acted as one person and ran after the demon. The gopīs were like cows taken by the teeth by a tiger. As best of the cowherds they could run fast. They ran after the demon. It is also suggested that they ran fast, since otherwise some disaster would occur.
- Do you trust that calling on Kṛṣṇa actually moves Him to act?
- Where have you been silently enduring what could be called out?
The gopīs cry 'Kṛṣṇa! Rāma!' — and the Brothers run after them like cowherds chasing thieves stealing cows. The same word, parigraha — 'one's own' — that names a wife or a cow names the gopīs here. Bhagavān recognizes ownership: what is His, He defends with the speed of legs that Yaśodā once thought too small to step over a doorway.
My note
Source: vedabase.io