Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.31
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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nandaḥ
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Nanda Mahārāja
Kṛṣṇa's Vraja father, head of the cowherd community. Gauḍīyas hold Nanda as the personification of vātsalya-rasa together with Yaśodā — the Lord's foster parents, whose love He chose to receive.
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didṛkṣayā
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with the desire to see
Desiderative noun from √dṛś — the eagerness for darśana. Vraja's defining bhāva: the cowherds do not seek liberation; they want to see Him. Gauḍīyas align with this — darśana, not jñāna, is the prayojana.
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kṛṣṇa-puraḥ-gamān
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with Kṛṣṇa keeping in front
Compound: kṛṣṇa + puraḥ (in front) + gamān (going). The Yādavas with Kṛṣṇa leading — the very arrangement Nanda recognises and runs toward. Where Kṛṣṇa leads, the cowherds follow.
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anaḥ-stha-arthaiḥ
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with their possessions on wagons
Compound: anaḥ (wagon, cart) + stha (placed) + arthaiḥ (possessions, instrumental). Nanda brings everything from Vraja — gifts of butter, curds, presents. Vraja-style bhakti always arrives bringing — never empty-handed, never ascetic-arrogant.
The cowherds of Vraja were planning to stay at Kurukṣetra for some days, so they came equipped with adequate provisions, especially milk products and other foods for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
Nanda was surrounded with cowherd men on carts loaded with goods. These supplies had been brought there in order to feed Krsna and live together with Krsna.
After describing the conversations between Kuntī and Vasudeva and others briefly in the beginning, there is now a detailed description of the Lord on his arrival with Nanda and others who had arrived previous to the eclipse, since that was their main goal in going there, but had difficulty meeting him because of many reasons stated previously. The description continues till the end of the chapter. Understanding that the Yadus had arrived, along with all their families (pra-āptān), headed by Kṛṣṇa, his son, who attracts everyone’s heart, Nanda came to Kurukṣetra, surrounded by Upananda and other cowherds, with their wives and others, in order to see him. Forget about others going for worldly or otherworldly benefits. They came there just with a desire to see Kṛṣṇa. This indicates their condition in separation from Kṛṣṇa. They came with carts loaded with goods or with articles dear to Kṛṣṇa, with his beloved gopīs sitting in carts.
- What 'wagon' would I bring to a reunion with those who shaped me?
- What of my own substance is mine to share?
A father long separated from his son does not wait to be summoned — the moment he hears the boy has come, he loads the wagon and goes. Nanda's response is instant; vātsalya does not negotiate.
My note
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