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ŚB 10.25.7

Devanagari

अहं चैरावतं नागमारुह्यानुव्रजे व्रजम् । मरुद्गणैर्महावेगैर्नन्दगोष्ठजिघांसया ॥ ७ ॥

Text

ahaṁ cairāvataṁ nāgam
āruhyānuvraje vrajam
marud-gaṇair mahā-vegair
nanda-goṣṭha-jighāṁsayā

Synonyms

aham — I; ca — also; airāvatam — named Airāvata; nāgam — my elephant; āruhya — riding; anuvraje — will follow along; vrajam — to Vraja; marut-gaṇaiḥ — accompanied by the wind-gods; mahā-vegaiḥ — who move with great power; nanda-goṣṭha — the cowherd community of Nanda Mahārāja; jighāṁsayā — with the intent of destroying.

Translation

I will follow you to Vraja, riding on my elephant Airāvata and taking with me the swift and powerful wind-gods to decimate the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

Purport

The Sāṁvartaka clouds were frightened by Indra’s powerful mood and thus carried out his order, as described in the following verse.