260 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 11
PURPORT
It was the practice of the inhabitants of Vrajabhimi to compose poetry
about the incidents that occurred in the forest when Krsna performed
His different activities of killing the aswras. They would compose all the
stories in poetry or have this done by professional poets, and then they
would sing about these incidents. Thus it is written here that the boys
sang very loudly.
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Srutva tad vismitd gopa
gopyas catipriyddrtah
pretydgatam ivotsukyad
aiksanta trsiteksanah
Srutva—after hearing; tat—these incidents; vismitah—being struck
with wonder; gopdh—the cowherd men; gopyah ca—and their respec-
tive wives; ati-priya-adrtah—received the news with great transcenden-
tal pleasure; pretya dgatam iva—thought that it was as if the boys had
returned from death; utsukyat—with great eagerness; aiksanta—began
to look upon the boys; trsita-iksanah —with full satisfaction, they did not
want to turn their eyes from Krsna and the boys.
TRANSLATION
When the cowherd men and women heard about the killing of
Bakasura in the forest, they were very much astonished. Upon
seeing Krsna and hearing the story, they received Krsna very
eagerly, thinking that Krsna and the other boys had returned from
the mouth of death. Thus they looked upon Krsna and the boys
with silent eyes, not wanting to turn their eyes aside now that the
boys were safe.
PURPORT
Because of intense love for Krsna, the cowherd men and women
simply remained silent, thinking of how Krsna and the boys had been
