SB 10.6.31 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तावन्नन्दादयो गोपा मथुराया व्रजं गता: । विलोक्य पूतनादेहं बभूवुरतिविस्मिता: ॥ ३१ ॥

Verse text

tāvan nandādayo gopā mathurāyā vrajaṁ gatāḥ vilokya pūtanā-dehaṁ babhūvur ativismitāḥ

Synonyms

tāvat — in the meantime ; nanda — ādayaḥ — headed by Nanda Mahārāja ; gopāḥ — all the cowherd men ; mathurāyāḥ — from Mathurā ; vrajam — to Vṛndāvana ; gatāḥ — came back ; vilokya — when they saw ; pūtanā — deham — the gigantic body of Pūtanā lying dead ; babhūvuḥ — became ; ati — very much ; vismitāḥ — struck with wonder .

Translation

Meanwhile, all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, returned from Mathurā, and when they saw on the way the gigantic body of Pūtanā lying dead, they were struck with great wonder.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Meanwhile, all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Mahārāja, returned from Mathurā, and when they saw on the way the gigantic body of Pūtanā lying dead, they were struck with great wonder. KB 10.6.31 In the meantime, all the cowherd men who had gone to Mathurā to pay tax returned home and were struck with wonder at seeing the gigantic dead body of Pūtanā.

Purport

Nanda Mahārāja’s wonder may be understood in various ways. First of all, the cowherd men had never before seen such a gigantic body in Vṛndāvana, and therefore they were struck with wonder. Then they began to consider where such a body had come from, whether it had dropped from the sky, or whether, by some mistake or by the power of some mystic yoginī, they had come to some place other than Vṛndāvana. They could not actually guess what had happened, and therefore they were struck with wonder.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The cowherd men were astonished. Perhaps by mistake, a mountain with unclipped wings fell from the sky and crushed all the huge trees. Perhaps, under the spell of some witch we have come to the wrong place. Or perhaps this is just a magical illusion. In this way many doubts arose in their minds.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

The cowherds returned quickly to Vraja. That was mentioned. Coming from Mathurā they came within sight of Vraja. From afar they thought Pūtanā might be a mountain. They imagined various things since at a distance they could see the body properly. They were astonished because Vasudeva’s words about disturbance had come true.