Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
गोपवृद्धा महोत्पाताननुभूय बृहद्वने ।
नन्दादय: समागम्य व्रजकार्यममन्त्रयन् ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
gopa-vṛddhā mahotpātān
anubhūya bṛhadvane
nandādayaḥ samāgamya
vraja-kāryam amantrayan
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
gopa
—
vṛddhāḥ — the elderly persons among the cowherd men
;
mahā
—
utpātān — very great disturbances
;
anubhūya
—
after experiencing
;
bṛhadvane
—
in the place known as Bṛhadvana
;
nanda
—
ādayaḥ — the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja
;
samāgamya
—
assembled, came together
;
vraja
—
kāryam — the business of Vrajabhūmi
;
amantrayan
—
deliberated on how to stop the continuous disturbances in Mahāvana .
Translation
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Then one time, having seen the great disturbances in Bṛhadvana, all the elderly persons among the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, assembled and began to consider what to do to stop the continuous disturbing situations in Vraja.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Then one time, having seen the great disturbances in Bṛhadvana, all the elderly persons among the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, assembled and began to consider what to do to stop the continuous disturbing situations in Vraja.
KB 10.11.21
After this incident, all the elder cowherd men assembled together, and Nanda Mahārāja presided. They consulted amongst themselves how to stop the great disturbances in Mahāvana on account of the demons.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After playing in Mahavana, when Krsna desired to play in Vrndavana, Upananda suggested that they all move to Vrndavana.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
svābhāvikena tat premnā gopa-puṅgavāḥ
hary-eka-maṅgalāhāryam vrajakāryam amantrayan
The men of Vraja, inspired by their natural prema, the best of the cowherds consulted about moving Vraja for Kṛṣṇa’s welfare.
They met together in an assembly after the breaking of the arjuna trees and a sacrifice to Indra and discussed what should be done for the welfare of Kṛṣṇa, the life of Vraja (vajra-kāryam).