Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 20 Verses 30-31

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 20: The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.20.30-31

śādvalopari saḿviśya

carvato mīlitekṣaṇān

tṛptān vṛṣān vatsatarān

gāś ca svodho-bhara-śramāḥ

prāvṛṭ-śriyaḿ ca tāḿ vīkṣya

sarva-kāla-sukhāvahām

bhagavān pūjayāḿ cakre

ātma-śakty-upabṛḿhitām

SYNONYMS

śādvala — a grassy patch; upari — upon; saḿviśya — 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; upabṛḿhitām — 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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