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SB 10.20.30-31

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXTS 30-31

śādvalopari saṁviśya
carvato mīlitekṣaṇān
tṛptān vṛṣān vatsatarān
gāś ca svodho-bhara-śramāḥ
prāvṛṭ-śriyaṁ ca tāṁ vīkṣya
sarva-kāla-sukhāvahām
bhagavān pūjayāṁ cakre
ātma-śakty-upabṛṁhitām


SYNONYMS

śādvala—a grassy patch; upari—upon; saṁviśya—sitting; carvataḥ—who were grazing; mīlita—closed; īkṣaṇān—their eyes; tṛptān—satisfied; vṛṣān—the bulls; vatsatarān—the calves; gāḥ—the cows; ca—and; sva—their own; ūdhaḥ—of the milk bags; bhara—by the weight; śramāḥ—fatigued; prāvṛṭ—of the rainy season; śriyam—the opulence; ca—and; tām—that; vīkṣya—seeing; sarva-kāla—always; sukha—pleasure; āvahām—giving; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pūjayām cakre—honored; ātma-śakti—from His internal potency; upabṛṁhitām—expanded.


TRANSLATION

Lord Kṛṣṇa watched the contented bulls, calves and cows sitting on the green grass and grazing with closed eyes, and He saw that the cows were tired from the burden of their heavy milk bags. Thus observing the beauty and opulence of Vṛndāvana's rainy season, a perennial source of great happiness, the Lord offered all respect to that season, which was expanded from His own internal potency.


PURPORT

The lush beauty of the rainy season in Vṛndāvana is meant to enhance the pleasure pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Thus, to set the scene for the Lord's loving affairs, His internal potency makes all the arrangements described in this chapter.

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