Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.35.14-15

vividha-gopa-caranesu vidagdho

venu-vadya urudha nija-siksah

tava sutah sati yadadhara-bimbe

datta-venur anayat svara-jatih

savanasas tad upadharya suresah

sakra-sarva-paramesthi-purogah

kavaya anata-kandhara-cittah

kasmalam yayur aniscita-tattvah

SYNONYMS

vividha -- various; gopa -- of cowherds; caranesu -- in the activities; vidagdhah -- expert; venu -- of the flute; vadye -- in the matter of playing; urudha -- manifold; nija -- of His own production; siksah -- whose teachings; tava -- your; sutah -- son; sati -- O pious lady (Yasoda); yada -- when; adhara -- upon His lips; bimbe -- which are like red bimba fruits; datta -- placing; venuh -- His flute; anayat -- He brought forth; svara -- of musical sound; jatih -- the harmonic tones; savanasah -- with a variety of low, high and middle pitches; tat -- that; upadharya -- hearing; sura-isah -- the principal demigods; sakra -- Indra; sarva -- Siva; paramesthi -- and Brahma; purah-gah -- headed by; kavayah -- learned scholars; anata -- bowed; kandhara -- their necks; cittah -- and minds; kasmalam yayuh -- they became bewildered; aniscita -- unable to ascertain; tattvah -- its essence.

TRANSLATION

O pious mother Yasoda, your son, who is expert in all the arts of herding cows, has invented many new styles of flute-playing. When He takes His flute to His bimba-red lips and sends forth the tones of the harmonic scale in variegated melodies, Brahma, Siva, Indra and other chief demigods become confused upon hearing the sound. Although they are the most learned authorities, hey cannot ascertain the essence of that music, and thus they bow down their heads and hearts.

PURPORT

The words tava sutah sati, "your son, O chaste lady," clearly indicate that at this point mother Yasoda is among the young gopis as they earnestly describe Lord Krsna's glories. According to Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti, among the demigods led by Sakra (Lord Indra) were Upendra, Agni and Yamaraja, among those led by Sarva (Lord Siva) were Katyayani, Skanda and Ganesa, and among those led by Paramesthi (Lord Brahma) were the four Kumaras and Narada. Thus the best collective intelligence in the universe could not definitively analyze the enchanting musical arrangements of the Supreme Lord.

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