234 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 11

PURPORT

It appears that Nanda Mahfaraja regularly took his food with his two
sons, Krsna and Balarama. Yasoda told the other boys, “‘Now you should
go to your homes.” Father and son generally sit together, so mother
Yasoda requested Krsna and Balarama to return, and she advised the
other boys to go home so that their parents would not have to wait for
them.

TEXT 18

q i ot aA |
werd ase vate fase eee mt ah Weel!

dhili-dhisaritangas tvam
putra majjanam dvaha

Janmarksam te ‘dya bhavati
viprebhyo dehi gah sucih

dhili-dhisarita-angah tvam—You have become covered with dust
and sand all over Your body; putra—my dear son; majjanam avaha—
now come here, take Your bath and cleanse Yourself; janma-rksam—the
auspicious star of Your birth; te—of You; adya—today; bhavati—it is;
viprebhyah—unto the pure bradhmanas; dehi—give in charity; gah—
cows; sucih—being purified.

TRANSLATION

Mother Yaésoda further told Krsna: My dear son, because of play-
ing all day, Your body has become covered with dust and sand.
Therefore, come back, take Your bath and cleanse Yourself. Today
the moon is conjoined with the auspicious star of Your birth.
Therefore, be pure and give cows in charity to the brahmanas.

PURPORT

It is a custom of Vedic culture that whenever there is any auspicious
ceremony, one should give valuable cows in charity to the brahmanas.
Therefore mother Yasodd requested Krsna, “Instead of being en-
thusiastic in playing, now please come and be enthusiastic in charity.”
