बिम्बाधरार्पितोदारवेणुर् विश्वविमोहनः ।व्रजसंवर्णितश्राव्यवेणुनादः श्रुतिप्रियः॥
bimbādharārpitodāraveṇur viśvavimohanaḥ ·vrajasaṃvarṇitaśrāvyaveṇunādaḥ śrutipriyaḥ
who set the noble flute to his bimba-red lips
'With noble flute placed on his lower lip (red as a bimba fruit)' — the bimba-red lower lip and the bamboo flute touching it is one of the iconographic central images.
the enchanter of all the world
Enchanter of the whole world — Kṛṣṇa's flute enchants not just gopīs but all beings: cows, deer, birds, trees, even rivers and stones are described as moved by it.
whose sweet flute-note is extolled through all Vraja
Whose audible flute-music is praised throughout Vraja — the Veṇu-gīta chapter is one long meditation on the effects of his flute-sound on every category of being.
dear to the ear, and to the Veda
Dear to the Vedas (śruti) — even the Vedas, personified, come to hear Kṛṣṇa's flute; in their hymn at S.B.G 10.87 the Vedas declare him their object of love.
