Text 20

Sloka 20

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

वसुदेव उपश्रुत्य भ्रातरं नन्दमागतम् ।
ज्ञात्वा दत्तकरं राज्ञे ययौ तदवमोचनम् ॥ २० ॥

Text

Verš

vasudeva upaśrutya
bhrātaraṁ nandam āgatam
jñātvā datta-karaṁ rājñe
yayau tad-avamocanam

Synonyms

Synonyma

vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva; upaśrutya — when he heard; bhrātaram — that his dear friend and brother; nandam — Nanda Mahārāja; āgatam — had come to Mathurā; jñātvā — when he learned; datta-karam — and had already paid the taxes; rājñe — unto the King; yayau — he went; tat-avamocanam — to the residential quarters of Nanda Mahārāja.

vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva; upaśrutya — když slyšel; bhrātaram — že jeho drahý přítel a bratr; nandam — Nanda Mahārāja; āgatam — přijel do Mathury; jñātvā — když se dozvěděl; datta-karam — a již zaplatil daně; rājñe — ke králi; yayau — šel; tat-avamocanam — tam, kde Nanda Mahārāja bydlel.

Translation

Překlad

When Vasudeva heard that Nanda Mahārāja, his very dear friend and brother, had come to Mathurā and already paid the taxes to Kaṁsa, he went to Nanda Mahārāja’s residence.

Když Vasudeva slyšel, že do Mathury přijel jeho milovaný přítel a bratr Nanda Mahārāja a že již Kaṁsovi zaplatil daně, vydal se do jeho obydlí.

Purport

Význam

Vasudeva and Nanda Mahārāja were so intimately connected that they lived like brothers. Furthermore, it is learned from the notes of Śrīpāda Madhvācārya that Vasudeva and Nanda Mahārāja were stepbrothers. Vasudeva’s father, Śūrasena, married a vaiśya girl, and from her Nanda Mahārāja was born. Later, Nanda Mahārāja himself married a vaiśya girl, Yaśodā. Therefore his family is celebrated as a vaiśya family, and Kṛṣṇa, identifying Himself as their son, took charge of vaiśya activities (kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyam). Balarāma represents plowing the land for agriculture and therefore always carries in His hand a plow, whereas Kṛṣṇa tends cows and therefore carries a flute in His hand. Thus the two brothers represent kṛṣi-rakṣya and go-rakṣya.

Vasudeva a Nanda Mahārāja měli stejně důvěrný vztah, jako bratři. Z poznámek Śrīpādy Madhvācāryi navíc vyplývá, že skutečně byli nevlastními bratry. Vasudevův otec Śūrasena se oženil s dívkou z rodiny vaiśyů, a té se narodil Nanda Mahārāja. Nanda se později sám oženil s vaiśyovskou dívkou, Yaśodou. Jeho rodina je proto známá jako rodina vaiśyů a Kṛṣṇa, který vystupoval jako jejich syn, se ujal povinností vaiśyi (kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyam). Balarāma zastupuje obdělávání půdy, a proto neustále nosí pluh, zatímco Kṛṣṇa pase krávy, a proto nosí flétnu. Tito dva bratři tedy ztělesňují kṛṣi-rakṣyu a go-rakṣyu.