Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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
uvāsa — he 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 āsa — he gave joy; gokulam — to 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.
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