SB 10.46.9-13

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 46: Uddhava Visits Vṛndāvana

SB 10.46.8 - SB 10.46.14

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXTS 9-13

vāsitārthe 'bhiyudhyadbhir

nāditaṁ śuśmibhir vṛṣaiḥ

dhāvantībhiś ca vāsrābhir

udho-bhāraiḥ sva-vatsakān

itas tato vilaṅghadbhir

go-vatsair maṇḍitaṁ sitaiḥ

go-doha-śabdābhiravaṁ

veṇūnāṁ niḥsvanena ca

gāyantībhiś ca karmāṇi

śubhāni bala-kṛṣṇayoḥ

sv-alaṅkṛtābhir gopībhir

gopaiś ca su-virājitam

agny-arkātithi-go-vipra-

pitṛ-devārcanānvitaiḥ

dhūpa-dīpaiś ca mālyaiś ca

gopāvāsair mano-ramam

sarvataḥ puṣpita-vanaṁ

dvijāli-kula-nāditam

haṁsa-kāraṇḍavākīrṇaiḥ

padma-ṣaṇḍaiś ca maṇḍitam

SYNONYMS

vāsita—of the fertile (cows); arthe—for the sake; abhiyudhyadbhiḥ—who were fighting with one another; nāditam—resounding; śuśmibhiḥ—sexually aroused; vṛṣaiḥ—with the bulls; dhāvantībhiḥ—running; ca—and; vāsrābhiḥ—with the cows; udhaḥ—by their udders; bhāraiḥ—burdened; sva—after their own; vatsakān—calves; itaḥ tataḥ—here and there; vilaṅghadbhiḥ—jumping; go-vatsaiḥ—by the calves; maṇḍitam—adorned; sitaiḥ—white; go-doha—of the milking of the cows; śabda—by the sounds; abhiravam—reverberating; veṇūnām—of flutes; niḥsvanena—with the loud vibration; ca—and; gāyantībhiḥ—who were singing; ca—and; karmāṇi—about the deeds; śubhāni—auspicious; bala-kṛṣṇayoḥ—of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; su—finely; alaṅkṛtābhiḥ—ornamented; gopībhiḥ—with the cowherd women; gopaiḥ—the cowherd men; ca—and; su-virājitam—resplendent; agni—of the sacrificial fire; arka—the sun; atithi—guests; go—the cows; vipra—the brāhmaṇas; pitṛ—forefathers; deva—and demigods; arcana—with worship; anvitaiḥ—filled; dhūpa—with incense; dīpaiḥ—lamps; ca—and; mālyaiḥ—with flower garlands; ca—also; gopa-āvāsaiḥ—because of the homes of the cowherds; manaḥ-ramam—very attractive; sarvataḥ—on all sides; puṣpita—flowering; vanam—with the forest; dvija—of birds; ali—and bees; kula—with the swarms; nāditam—resounding; haṁsa—with swans; kāraṇḍava—and a certain species of duck; ākīrṇaiḥ—crowded; padma-ṣaṇḍaiḥ—with bowers of lotuses; ca—and; maṇḍitam—beautified.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Gokula resounded on all sides with the sounds of bulls in rut fighting with one another for fertile cows; with the mooing of cows, burdened by their udders, chasing after their calves; with the noise of milking and of the white calves jumping here and there; with the loud reverberation of flute-playing; and with the singing of the all-auspicious deeds of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma by the cowherd men and women, who made the village resplendent with their wonderfully ornamented attire. The cowherds' homes in Gokula appeared most charming with their abundant paraphernalia for worship of the sacrificial fire, the sun, unexpected guests, the cows, the brāhmaṇas, the forefathers and the demigods. On all sides lay the flowering forest, echoing with flocks of birds and swarms of bees and beautified by its lakes crowded with swans, kāraṇḍava ducks and bowers of lotuses.

PURPORT

Although Gokula was merged in grief because of separation from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Lord expanded His internal potency to cover that particular manifestation of Vraja and allow Uddhava to see the normal bustle and joy of Vraja at sunset.

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