whose sidelong glance steals the gopīs' hearts
Whose sidelong glance enchants the gopīs — the famous 'apāṅga' glance of Kṛṣṇa toward the gopīs is described repeatedly as causing them to forget themselves.
गोपीमनोहरापाङ्गो वेणुवादनतत्परः ।विन्यस्तवदनाम्भोजश् चारुशब्दकृताननः॥
gopīmanoharāpāṅgo veṇuvādanatatparaḥ ·vinyastavadanāmbhojaś cāruśabdakṛtānanaḥ
whose sidelong glance steals the gopīs' hearts
Whose sidelong glance enchants the gopīs — the famous 'apāṅga' glance of Kṛṣṇa toward the gopīs is described repeatedly as causing them to forget themselves.
intent on playing the flute
Absorbed in flute-playing — in the Veṇu-gīta, Kṛṣṇa is described as wholly absorbed in his own flute; the all-conscious Lord lost in his own music.
his lotus-face bent to the flute
With lotus-face turned (to the flute) — Kṛṣṇa's lotus-face turned slightly to one side as he plays the flute is the angle that bhakti art reproduces endlessly.
whose mouth gives forth lovely sound
Whose mouth produces lovely sounds — the flute's music IS Kṛṣṇa's own breath; his mouth is the source of the most beautiful sound in creation.