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VMA 2.41-43 :: The service activities of the manjaris

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The next three verses form a single unit ( sandānitaka ), with the subject and verb in the last line of the third verse. The rest of the verses contain the object of the verb, giving various descriptions of the gopis and their service. kāścic candana-gharṣiṇīḥ sa-ghusṛṇaṁ kāścit srajo granthatīḥ kāścit keli-nikuñja-maṇḍana-parāḥ kāścid vahantīr jalam| kāścid divya-dukūla-kuñcana-parāḥ saṁgṛhṇatīḥ kāścanā- laṅkāraṁ navam anna-pāna-vidhiṣu vyagrāś ciraṁ kāścana ||2.41|| tāmbūlottama-vīṭikādi-karaṇe kāścin niviṣṭā navāḥ kāścin nartana-gīta-vādya-sukalā-sāmagri-sampādikāḥ | snānābhyaṅga-vidhau ca kāścana ratāḥ saṁvījanādye sadā kāścit saṁnidhi-sevanātimuditāḥ kāścit samastekṣikāḥ ||2.42|| kāścit sva-priya-yugma-ceṣṭita-dṛśaḥ stabdhā sva-kṛtye sthitāḥ kṣiptvānyāli-pravartitā dayitayoḥ kāścit sukhelā-parāḥ | itthaṁ vihvala-vihvalāḥ praṇayataḥ śrī-rādhikā-kṛṣṇayor dāsīr adbhuta-rūpa-kānti-vayaso vṛndāvane'nvīyatām ||2.43|| Some gopi girls are grinding sandalwood p...