SB 10.39.11-12
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 11-12
- gopān samādiśat so 'pi
- gṛhyatāṁ sarva-go-rasaḥ
- upāyanāni gṛhṇīdhvaṁ
- yujyantāṁ śakaṭāni ca
- yāsyāmaḥ śvo madhu-purīṁ
- dāsyāmo nṛpate rasān
- drakṣyāmaḥ su-mahat parva
- yānti jānapadāḥ kila
- evam āghoṣayat kṣatrā
- nanda-gopaḥ sva-gokule
SYNONYMS
gopān — the cowherd men; saḥ — he (Nanda Mahārāja); api — also; gṛhyatām — have collected; sarva — all; go-rasaḥ — the milk products; upāyanāni — excellent gifts; gṛhṇīdhvam — take; yujyantām — yoke; śakaṭāni — the wagons; ca — and; yāsyāmaḥ — we shall go; śvaḥ — tomorrow; madhu-purīm — to Mathurā; dāsyāmaḥ — we shall give; nṛpateḥ — to the King; rasān — our milk products; drakṣyāmaḥ — we shall see; su-mahat — a very great; parva — festival; yānti — are going; jānapadāḥ — the residents of all the outlying districts; kila — indeed; evam — thus; āghoṣayat — he had announced; kṣatrā — by the village constable; nanda-gopaḥ — Nanda Mahārāja; sva-gokule — to the people of his Gokula.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja then issued orders to the cowherd men by having the village constable make the following announcement throughout Nanda's domain of Vraja: "Go collect all the available milk products. Bring valuable gifts and yoke your wagons. Tomorrow we shall go to Mathurā, present our milk products to the King and see a very great festival. The residents of all the outlying districts are also going."
PURPORT
Nanda wanted to bring ghee and other milk products as taxes for the King.