Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8


Sanskrit:

मालत्यदर्शि व: कच्चिन्मल्लिके जाति यूथिके ।प्रीतिं वो जनयन् यात: करस्पर्शेन माधव: ॥ ८ ॥

ITRANS:

mālaty adarśi vaḥ kaccinmallike jāti-yūthikeprītiṁ vo janayan yātaḥkara-sparśena mādhavaḥ

Translation:

O mālati, O mallikā, O jāti and yūthikā, has Mādhava gone by here, giving you pleasure with the touch of His hand?

Purport:

When even tulasī herself did not answer the gopīs, they approached the fragrant jasmine flowers. The gopīs, seeing the jasmine vines humbly bowing down, assumed that these plants must have seen Lord Kṛṣṇa and were therefore showing humility in their ecstasy.