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The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
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TEXT 21
श्रीशुक उवाच
गोपवृद्धा महोत्पाताननुभूय बृहद्वने । 
  नन्दादयः समागम्य व्रजकार्यममन्त्रयन् ॥२१॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  gopa-vṛddhā mahotpātān 
  anubhūya bṛhadvane 
  nandādayaḥ samāgamya 
  vraja-kāryam amantrayan
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.
TEXT 22
तत्रोपानन्दनामाह गोपो ज्ञानवयोऽधिकः । 
  देशकालार्थतत्त्वज्ञः प्रियकृद् रामकृष्णयोः ॥२२॥
tatropānanda-nāmāha 
  gopo jñāna-vayo-'dhikaḥ 
  deśa-kālārtha-tattva-jñaḥ 
  priya-kṛd rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
tatra—in the assembly; upānanda-nāmā—by the name Upānanda (the elder brother of Nanda Mahārāja); āha—said; gopaḥ—the cowherd