Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.46.19

apy āyāsyati govindaḥ

sva-janān sakṛd īkṣitum

tarhi drakṣyāma tad-vaktraḿ

su-nasaḿ su-smitekṣaṇam

SYNONYMS

api — whether; āyāsyati — will come back; govindaḥ — Kṛṣṇa; sva-janān — His relatives; sakṛt — once; īkṣitum — to see; tarhi — then; drakṣyāma — we may glance upon; tat — His; vaktram — face; su-nasam — with beautiful nose; su — beautiful; smita — smile; īkṣaṇam — and eyes.

TRANSLATION

Will Govinda return even once to see His family? If He ever does, we may then glance upon His beautiful face, with its beautiful eyes, nose and smile.

PURPORT

Now that Kṛṣṇa had become a prince in the great city of Mathurā, Nanda had lost hope that He would come back to live in the simple cowherd village of Vṛndāvana. But he hoped against hope that Kṛṣṇa would come back at least once to visit the simple cowherd folk who had raised Him from birth.

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