Text 32] The Killing of the Demon Patana 27
TRANSLATION
Meanwhile, all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda Maharaja,
returned from Mathura, and when they saw on the way the gigantic
body of Patana lying dead, they were struck with great wonder.
PURPORT
Nanda Mahdaraja’s wonder may be understood in various ways. First of
all, the cowherd men had never before seen such a gigantic body in
Vrndavana, and therefore they were struck with wonder. Then they
began to consider where such a body had come from, whether it had
dropped from the sky, or whether, by some mistake or by the power of
some mystic yogini, they had come to some place other than Vrndavana.
They could not actually guess what had happened, and therefore they
were struck with wonder.
TEXT 32
Ae Tales Aart TAT aT AAT a: |
TCT EA GMA qaraHRgeg: UR
ninam batarsih sarijdto
yogeso vd samdsa sah
sa eva drsto hy utpato
yad ahanakadundubhih
ninam—certainly; bata—O my friends; rsih—a great saintly person;
sanjatah—has become; yoga-isah—a master of mystic power; vd—or;
samdsa—has become; sah—he (Vasudeva); sah—that; eva—indeed;
drstah—has been seen (by us); hi—because; utpdtah—kind of distur- -
bance; yat—that which; adha—predicted; danakadundubhih—Anaka-
dundubhi (another name of Vasudeva).
TRANSLATION
Nanda Maharaja and the other gopas exclaimed: My dear friends,
you must know that Anakadundubhi, Vasudeva, has become a
great saint or a master of mystic power. Otherwise how could he
have foreseen this calamity and predicted it to us?
