Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 28: Krsna Rescues Nanda Maharaja from the Abode of Varuna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.28.11

te cautsukya-dhiyo rajan

matva gopas tam isvaram

api nah sva-gatim suksmam

upadhasyad adhisvarah

SYNONYMS

te -- they; ca -- and; autsukya -- full of eagerness; dhiyah -- their minds; rajan -- O King Pariksit; matva -- thinking; gopah -- the cowherd men; tam -- Him; isvaram -- the Supreme Lord; api -- perhaps; nah -- to us; sva-gatim -- His own abode; suksmam -- transcendental; upadhasyat -- is going to bestow; adhisvarah -- the supreme controller.

TRANSLATION

[Hearing about Krsna's pastimes with Varuna,] the cowherd men considered that Krsna must be the Supreme Lord, and their minds, O King, were filled with eagerness. They thought, "Will the Supreme Lord bestow upon us His transcendental abode?"

PURPORT

The cowherd men were filled with excitement upon hearing how Krsna had gone to the abode of Varuna to rescue His father. Suddenly realizing that they were in fact dealing with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they joyfully conjectured among themselves about their auspicious destination after finishing their present life.

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