Text 242] Sarvabhauma Bhattadcarya Offers Prasada to the Lord 123

vraje jyethd, khuda, mamd, pisddi gopa-gana
sakhd-vrnda sabdra ghare dvisandhyd-bhojana

SYNONYMS

vraje—at Vrndavana; jyetha—the father’s elder brothers; khuda—the father's
younger brothers; mama—the mother’s brothers; pisd—the husbands of aunts;
adi—and so on; gopa-gana—cowherd men; sakha-vrnda—hundreds of friends;
sabara—of all of them; ghare—in the houses; dvi-sandhyd—twice a day; bho-
Jana—eating.

TRANSLATION

“In Vrndavana You also have Your father’s elder brothers, Your father’s
younger brothers, maternal uncles, husbands of Your father’s sisters and many
cowherd men. There are also cowherd boy friends, and You eat twice a day,
morning and evening, in the house of each and every one.

PURPORT

In Dvaraka, Lord Krsna had eighteen mothers like Devaki, Rohini and others.
Besides these was:His foster mother Yasoda in Vrndavana. Lord Krsna also had
two uncles, who were brothers of Nanda Maharaja. As stated by Srila Ripa
Gosvami in his Sri-krsna-ganoddesa-dipika, upanando ‘bhinandaé ca pitrvyau pdr-
va-jau pituh: “The elder brothers of Nanda Maharaja were Upananda and Abhi-
nanda.” Similarly, in the same book the names of the younger brothers of Nanda
Maharaja are given. Pitrvyau tu kaniyaérsau sydatém sannanda-nandanau:
“Sannanda and Nandana, or Sunanda and Pandava, were the younger brothers of
Krsna’s father, Nanda Maharaja.” Sri Krsna’s maternal uncles were also described
there. Yasodhara-yasodeva-sudevadyas tu mdatulah: 'YaSodhara, Yasodeva and
Sudeva were the maternal uncles of Krsna.” Krsna’s uncles are also mentioned.
Mahdanilah sunilas ca ramanav etayoh kramat: “Mahanila and Sunila are the hus-
bands of Krsna’s aunts.”

TEXT 242
catata-aces Sa Berl ah ah
Slt HAA GS AA ATT GS AFA W 28 Ui

govardhana-yajhie anna khdild rasi rasi
tdra lekhdya ei anna nahe eka grasi

SYNONYMS

govardhana-yajrie—in the Govardhana-pija sacrifice; anna—food; khdaila—
You ate; rasi rasi—stacks; tara—to that; lekhdya—in comparison; ei—this;
anna—food; nahe—not; eka graési—one morsel.
