Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.35.24-25

mada-vighurnita-locana isat

mana-dah sva-suhrdam vana-mali

badara-pandu-vadano mrdu-gandam

mandayan kanaka-kundala-laksmya

yadu-patir dvirada-raja-viharo

yamini-patir ivaisa dinante

mudita-vaktra upayati durantam

mocayan vraja-gavam dina-tapam

SYNONYMS

mada -- by intoxication; vighurnita -- rolling; locanah -- His eyes; isat -- slightly; mana-dah -- showing honor; sva-suhrdam -- to His well-wishing friends; vana-mali -- wearing a garland of forest flowers; badara -- like a badara fruit; pandu -- whitish; vadanah -- His face; mrdu -- soft; gandam -- His cheeks; mandayan -- ornamenting; kanaka -- golden; kundala -- of His earrings; laksmya -- with the beauty; yadu-patih -- the Lord of the Yadu dynasty; dvirada-raja -- like a kingly elephant; viharah -- His sporting; yamini-patih -- the lord of the night (the moon); iva -- like; esah -- He; dina-ante -- at the end of the day; mudita -- joyful; vaktrah -- His face; upayati -- is coming; durantam -- insurmountable; mocayan -- driving away; vraja -- of Vraja; gavam -- of the cows, or of those who are to be shown mercy; dina -- of the daytime; tapam -- the painful heat.

TRANSLATION

As Krsna respectfully greets His well-wishing friends, His eyes roll slightly as if from intoxication. He wears a flower garland, and the beauty of His soft cheeks is accentuated by the brilliance of His golden earrings and the whiteness of His face, which has the color of a badara berry. With His cheerful face resembling the moon, lord of the night, the Lord of the Yadus moves with the grace of u regal elephant. Thus He returns in the evening, delivering the cows of Vraja from the heat of the day.

PURPORT

The word gavam is constructed from the Sanskrit word go, which means "cow" or "senses." Thus Sri Krsna, by coming back to the village of Vraja, relieved the inhabitants of Vrndavana from the distress their eyes and other senses felt during the day because of being separated from direct contact with Him.

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