Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.39.11-12

gopan samadisat so 'pi

grhyatam sarva-go-rasah

upayanani grhnidhvam

yujyantam sakatani ca

yasyamah svo madhu-purim

dasyamo nrpate rasan

draksyamah su-mahat parva

yanti janapadah kila

evam aghosayat ksatra

nanda-gopah sva-gokule

SYNONYMS

gopan -- the cowherd men; samadisat -- ordered; sah -- he (Nanda Maharaja); api -- also; grhyatam -- have collected; sarva -- all; go-rasah -- the milk products; upayanani -- excellent gifts; grhnidhvam -- take; yujyantam -- yoke; sakatani -- the wagons; ca -- and; yasyamah -- we shall go; svah -- tomorrow; madhu-purim -- to Mathura; dasyamah -- we shall give; nrpateh -- to the King; rasan -- our milk products; draksyamah -- we shall see; su-mahat -- a very great; parva -- festival; yanti -- are going; janapadah -- the residents of all the outlying districts; kila -- indeed; evam -- thus; aghosayat -- he had announced; ksatra -- by the village constable; nanda-gopah -- Nanda Maharaja; sva-gokule -- to the people of his Gokula.

TRANSLATION

Nanda Maharaja 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 Mathura, 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.

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