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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 10.35.24-25

मदविघूर्णितलोचन ईषत्-

मानद: स्वसुहृदां वनमाली ।

बदरपाण्डुवदनो मृदुगण्डं

मण्डयन् कनककुण्डललक्ष्म्या ॥ २४ ॥

यदुपतिर्द्विरदराजविहारो

यामिनीपतिरिवैष दिनान्ते ।

मुदितवक्त्र उपयाति दुरन्तं

मोचयन् व्रजगवां दिनतापम् ॥ २५ ॥

mada-vighūrṇita-locana īṣat

māna-daḥ sva-suhṛdāṁ vana-mālī

badara-pāṇḍu-vadano mṛdu-gaṇḍaṁ

maṇḍayan kanaka-kuṇḍala-lakṣmyā

yadu-patir dvirada-rāja-vihāro

yāminī-patir ivaiṣa dinānte

mudita-vaktra upayāti durantaṁ

mocayan vraja-gavāṁ dina-tāpam

Translation

As Kṛṣṇa respectfully greets His well-wishing friends, His eyes roll slightly as if from intoxication. He wears a flower garland, and the beauty of His soft cheeks is accentuated by the brilliance of His golden earrings and the whiteness of His face, which has the color of a badara berry. With His cheerful face resembling the moon, lord of the night, the Lord of the Yadus moves with the grace of a regal elephant. Thus He returns in the evening, delivering the cows of Vraja from the heat of the day.

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From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Return Brings Relief

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa respectfully greets His well-wishing friends as He returns in the evening. His cheerful face resembles the moon, and He moves with the grace of a regal elephant.

  2. 2

    His return delivers the cows of Vraja from the heat of the day. The purport explains that the Sanskrit word go can mean either “cow” or “senses.”

  3. 3

    By returning to Vraja, Śrī Kṛṣṇa also relieves the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. Their eyes and other senses had felt distress throughout the day because they were separated from direct contact with Him.

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.