519. We are children, not grown-up yet,
still immature in growth.
You come here to knock over our little sand houses
but really wanting to do something else.
We don’t understand what you want.
You built a bridge on the ocean, went to Lankā,
and fought and destroyed the Rakshasā clan
Don’t give us trouble,
don’t come and destroy our little sand houses.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
In this verse, the young gopikās of Tiruvāyppādi address Lord Kṛṣṇa with a beautiful blend of loving complaint and profound insight. They perceive that His actions, performed under the simple guise of destroying their sandcastles, conceal a far deeper and more significant intention. With tender exasperation, they declare, "You are pursuing an entirely