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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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gopān samādiśat so ’pi gṛhyatāṁ sarva-go-rasaḥ upāyanāni gṛhṇīdhvaṁ yujyantāṁ śakaṭāni ca yāsyāmaḥ śvo madhu-purīṁ dāsyāmo nṛpate rasān drakṣyāmaḥ su-mahat parva yānti jānapadāḥ kila evam āghoṣayat kṣatrā nanda-gopaḥ sva-gokule
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
| Nanda Mahārāja then issued orders to the cowherd men by having the village constable make the following announcement throughout Nanda’s domain of Vraja: “Go collect all the available milk products. Bring valuable gifts and yoke your wagons. Tomorrow we shall go to Mathurā, present our milk products to the King and see a very great festival. The residents of all the outlying districts are also going.”
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PURPORT
| Nanda wanted to bring ghī and other milk products as taxes for the King.
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