yaṣŏdhā, who has dense locks —

in the hamlet of cow-herd girls whose slender waists were like lightning —

being born as cowherd girl instead of cowherd boy —

 the cowherd girls- —

with the cowherd girls, mingling freely —

 for nappinnaip pirātti —

 cowherd girls securely placed —

born in cowherd clan —

when born in the clan of cowherds who tend to cows —

 mother yaṣŏdhā —

 nappinnaip pirātti-s —

 napinnaip pirātti-s —

yaṣŏdhā pirātti (mother yaṣŏdhā) —

yaṣŏdhā pirātti —

yaṣŏdhā —

yaṣŏdhāp pirātti —

the cowherd woman [mother yaṣŏdhā] —

(also) gŏpikās —

towards the cowherd person yaṣŏdhā’s —

 cowherd girls —