CC Madhya 24.206 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 206
- dhanyeyam adya dharaṇī tṛṇa-vīrudhas tvat-
- pāda-spṛśo druma-latāḥ karajābhimṛṣṭāḥ
- nadyo 'drayaḥ khaga-mṛgāḥ sadayāvalokair
- gopyo 'ntareṇa bhujayor api yat-spṛhā śrīḥ
SYNONYMS
dhanyā—glorified; iyam—this; adya—today; dharaṇī—the surface of the globe; tṛṇa-vīrudhaḥ—the grass and herbs; tvat—Your; pāda-spṛśaḥ—from the touch of the lotus feet; druma-latāḥ—the creepers and trees; karaja-abhimṛṣṭāḥ—touched by Your nails; nadyaḥ—the rivers; adrayaḥ—the hills; khaga-mṛgāḥ—the birds and forest animals; sadaya-avalokaiḥ—because of Your merciful glances; gopyaḥ—the gopīs, the damsels of Vraja; antareṇa—by the region between; bhujayoḥ—Your two arms; api—also; yat—for which; spṛhā—desirous; śrīḥ—the goddess of fortune.
TRANSLATION
" 'This land Vṛndāvana [Vrajabhūmi] is glorified today. Your lotus feet have touched the earth and grass. Your fingers have touched the trees and creepers, and Your merciful eyes have glanced upon rivers, hills, birds and beasts. The gopīs have been embraced by Your arms, and even the goddess of fortune desires this. Now all of these are glorified.'
PURPORT
This verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.15.8) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Śrī Balarāma.