Text 22] The Opulence and Sweetness of Krsna 243
TRANSLATION
“Each of the cowherd boys was tending calves to the extent of a koti, ar-
buda, sankha and padma. That is the way of counting.
PURPORT
According to Vedic mathematical calculations, the following enumeration
system is used: units, tens (dasa), hundreds (sata), thousands (sahasra), ten thou-
sands (ayuta) and hundred thousands (laksa). Ten times laksa is niyuta. Ten times
niyuta is koti. Ten times koti is arbuda. Ten times arbuda is vrnda. Ten times vrnda
is kharva. Ten times kharva is nikharva. Ten times nikharva is sankha. Ten times
sankha is padma, and ten times padma is sagara. Ten times sagara is antya, and ten
times antya is madhya, and ten times madhya is parardha. Each item is ten times
greater than the previous one. Thus all the cowherd boys who were companions
of Krsna had many calves to take care of.
TEXT 21
AGH cad, Wet, fF, aq, HTSlF |
CHANIA TS, StH aha caa-rtta urs t
vetra, venu, dala, srhga, vastra, alankara
gopa-ganera yata, tara nahi lekhd-para
SYNONYMS
vetra—canes; venu—flutes; dala—lotus flowers; sriga—horns; vastra—gar-
ments; alankara—ornaments; gopa-ganera yata—as many as are possessed by
the cowherd boys; tara—of them; nahi—there is not; lekha-para—limitation to
writing.
TRANSLATION
“All the cowherd boys had unlimited calves. Similarly, their canes, flutes,
lotus flowers, horns, garments and ornaments were all unlimited. They cannot
be limited by writing about them.
TEXT 22
ACA (Beil BBS S Cageda vfs |
AXE ALB SHCA SMH SCA BS ti 22 tl
sabe haila caturbhuja vaikunthera pati
prthak prthak brahmandera brahma kare stuti
