Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.54

uvāsa katicin māsān

gopīnāḿ vinudan śucaḥ

kṛṣṇa-līlā-kathāḿ gāyan

ramayām āsa gokulam

SYNONYMS

uvāsahe resided; katicit — for some; māsān — months; gopīnām — of the cowherd girls; vinudan — dispelling; śucaḥ — the unhappiness; kṛṣṇa-līlā — of the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa; kathām — the topics; gāyan — singing; ramayām āsahe gave joy; gokulamto Gokula.

TRANSLATION

Uddhava remained there for several months, dispelling the gopīs' sorrow by chanting the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa's pastimes. Thus he brought joy to all the people of Gokula.

PURPORT

The great ācārya Jīva Gosvāmī comments in this regard that Uddhava, during his stay in Vṛndāvana, certainly took special care to enliven Kṛṣṇa's foster parents, Nanda and Yaśodā.

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