Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.19

ga gopakair anu-vanam nayator udara

venu-svanaih kala-padais tanu-bhrtsu sakhyah

aspandanam gati-matam pulakas tarunam

niryoga-pasa-krta-laksanayor vicitram

SYNONYMS

gah -- the cows; gopakaih -- with the cowherd boys; anu-vanam -- to each forest; nayatoh -- leading; udara -- very liberal; venu-svanaih -- by the vibrations of the Lord's flute; kala-padaih -- having sweet tones; tanubhrtsu -- among the living entities; sakhyah -- O friends; aspandanam -- the lack of movement; gati-matam -- of those living entities that can move; pulakah -- the ecstatic jubilation; tarunam -- of the otherwise nonmoving trees; niryoga-pasa -- the ropes for binding the rear legs of the cows; krta-laksanayoh -- of those two (Krsna and Balarama), who are characterized by; vicitram -- wonderful.

TRANSLATION

My dear friends, as Krsna and Balarama pass through the forest with Their cowherd friends, leading Their cows, They carry ropes to bind the cows' rear legs at the time of milking. When Lord Krsna plays on His flute, the sweet music causes the moving living entities to become stunned and the nonmoving trees to tremble with ecstasy. These things are certainly very wonderful.

PURPORT

Krsna and Balarama would sometimes wear Their cowherding ropes on Their heads and sometimes carry them on Their shoulders, and thus They were beautifully decorated with all the equipment of cowherd boys.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that the ropes of Krsna and Balarama are made of yellow cloth and have clusters of pearls at both ends. Sometimes They wear these ropes around Their turbans, and the ropes thus become wonderful decorations.

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