Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.39.11-12
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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go - rasaḥ
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milk products
Go-rasa = 'cow-essence,' the literal yield of Vraja's life. The tribute they carry to Kaṁsa is what their love of cows has produced; Vraja's economy is its devotion.
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madhu - purīm
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to the city of Madhu (Mathurā)
Mathurā is named for the demon Madhu whom Śatrughna slew. For Vrajavāsīs it is the foreign capital where their boys are being summoned — a place of dread under Kaṁsa.
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upāyanāni
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tribute / offerings
Upāyana — what one approaches the king with. Nanda performs faultless feudal duty even as he carries his son into danger; dharma is observed both directions.
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nanda - gopaḥ
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the cowherd Nanda
Nanda's identity is fixed in apposition with gopa — he is the cowherd-king, never an abstract patriarch. Gauḍīya rasa-śāstra reads vātsalya through this rustic, milk-stained kingship.
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yāsyāmaḥ
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we shall go
First-person plural future — Nanda includes himself in the journey. Until verse 33 it remains an entire-village procession, not just two boys in a chariot.
Nanda wanted to bring ghee and other milk products as taxes for the King.
Nanda (sah) gave the order to the cowherd men. We will pay the tax to the king with ghee (rasan). All the village people are going to watch the festival, so what do we have to worry about. He sent one of the security officers (ksatra) to inform everyone.
Famous Nanda, though he was anxious about the safety of his sons (saḥ api) gave the orders. He was bewildered by Kṛṣṇa’s information just as he was when Kṛṣṇa ordered stopping the sacrifice to Indra. It should be understood that no one else objected. Another meaning of api is that though Nanda was the king of the cowherds, he did not object, but rather gave orders to go to Mathurā. Śukadeva echoes the gopīs grief. “Others are going” is stated so that they will have no fear. Kila indicates that it is well known.
The king of the cowherd (saḥ) did not disagree, but rather (api) ordered the cowherds. This indicates Śukadeva’s lamentation. Madhupurim indicates that they would be happy there. There would be no suffering. He says this to pacify the cowherds. The word kila at the end of the statement indicates that the festival would be attractive. Nanda was the protector of the cows and Vraja (gopaḥ). He was the king, and thus made the announcement. He was the protector of Gokula (gopaḥ). If he protected them, who would protect him? That is indicated by the word gopaḥ
Like a village headman calling for all hands at dawn before a great journey — Nanda has the constable cry through Vraja: pack ghee, yoke wagons, tomorrow we ride to Mathurā for the king's festival. The whole of Vraja prepares to follow Kṛṣṇa as far as the city gates.
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Source: vedabase.io