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Go and fetch some rice.
Go and pluck the mangoes
And bring home something nice.”
Line 1: ““Go and gather wild beans, Gopi,”
Line 2: “Go and fetch some rice.”
Line 3: “Go and pluck the mangoes”
Line 4: “And bring home something nice.””
Summary of Stanza 1
““Go and gather wild beans, Gopi,”
(Gopi is told to collect wild beans for the household.)
“Go and fetch some rice.”
(She is also asked to bring back rice.)
“Go and pluck the mangoes”
(She must pick mangoes as part of the food she is gathering.)
“And bring home something nice.””
(The speaker expects her to return with something useful and pleasant to eat.)
Overall meaning: Gopi is given an ordinary household task: collect food and bring it home.
