Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 12: The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.2

tenaiva sākam prithukāh sahasraśah

snigdhāh suśig-vetra-vishāna-venavah

svān svān sahasropari-sańkhyayānvitān

vatsān puraskritya viniryayur mudā

SYNONYMS

tena — Him; eva — indeed; sākam — accompanied by; prithukāh — the boys; sahasraśah — by the thousands; snigdhāh — very attractive; su — beautiful; śik — lunch bags; vetra — sticks for controlling the calves; vishāna — horn bugles; venavah — flutes; svān svān — their own respective; sahasra-upari-sańkhyayā anvitān — numbering over a thousand; vatsān — the calves; purah-kritya — keeping in front; viniryayuh — they came out; mudā — with great pleasure.

TRANSLATION

At that time, hundreds and thousands of cowherd boys came out of their respective homes in Vrajabhūmi and joined Krishna, keeping before them their hundreds and thousands of groups of calves. The boys were very beautiful, and they were equipped with lunch bags, bugles, flutes, and sticks for controlling the calves.

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