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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

kvacid vanāśāya mano dadhad vrajāt

prātaḥ samutthāya vayasya-vatsapān

prabodhayañ chṛńga-raveṇa cāruṇā

vinirgato vatsa-puraḥsaro hariḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; kvacit — one day; vana-āśāya — just to enjoy a picnic in the forest; manaḥ — mind; dadhat — gave attention; vrajāt — and went out of Vrajabhūmi; prātaḥ — early in the morning; samutthāya — waking up; vayasya-vatsa-pān — the cowherd boys and the calves; prabodhayanto get everyone to rise, waking up and informing them; śṛńga-raveṇa — by sounding the bugle made of horn; cāruṇā — very beautiful; vinirgataḥ — came out of Vrajabhūmi; vatsa-puraḥsaraḥ — keeping the respective groups of calves in front; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King, one day Kṛṣṇa decided to take His breakfast as a picnic in the forest. Having risen early in the morning, He blew His bugle made of horn and woke all the cowherd boys and calves with its beautiful sound. Then Kṛṣṇa and the boys, keeping their respective groups of calves before them, proceeded from Vrajabhūmi to the forest.

<<< >>>

Buy Online Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
His Holiness Hrdayananda dasa Goswami
Gopiparanadhana dasa Adhikari
Dravida dasa Brahmacari