Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 54

Sanskrit:

श्रुत्वा तद्विस्मिता गोपा गोप्यश्चातिप्रियाद‍ृता: ।प्रेत्यागतमिवोत्सुक्यादैक्षन्त तृषितेक्षणा: ॥ ५४ ॥

ITRANS:

śrutvā tad vismitā gopāgopyaś cātipriyādṛtāḥpretyāgatam ivotsukyādaikṣanta tṛṣitekṣaṇāḥ

Translation:

When the cowherd men and women heard about the killing of Bakāsura in the forest, they were very much astonished. Upon seeing Kṛṣṇa and hearing the story, they received Kṛṣṇa very eagerly, thinking that Kṛṣṇa and the other boys had returned from the mouth of death. Thus they looked upon Kṛṣṇa and the boys with silent eyes, not wanting to turn their eyes aside now that the boys were safe.

Purport:

Because of intense love for Kṛṣṇa, the cowherd men and women simply remained silent, thinking of how Kṛṣṇa and the boys had been saved. The cowherd men and women looked upon Kṛṣṇa and the boys and did not desire to turn their eyes aside.