Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13


Sanskrit:

कथं नु गृह्णन्त्यनवस्थितात्मनोवच: कृतघ्नस्य बुधा: पुरस्‍त्रिय: ।गृह्णन्ति वै चित्रकथस्य सुन्दर-स्मितावलोकोच्छ्वसितस्मरातुरा: ॥ १३ ॥

ITRANS:

kathaṁ nu gṛhṇanty anavasthitātmanovacaḥ kṛta-ghnasya budhāḥ pura-striyaḥgṛhṇanti vai citra-kathasya sundara-smitāvalokocchvasita-smarāturāḥ

Translation:

“How can intelligent city women possibly trust the words of one whose heart is so unsteady and who is so ungrateful? They must believe Him because He speaks so wonderfully, and also because His beautiful smiling glances arouse their lust.

Purport:

According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, some gopīs speak the first two lines of this verse, and others reply in the second two lines.