Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 47
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Brahmā-stuti) and the Restoration of Vraja’s Lunch Pastime
बर्हप्रसूनवनधातुविचित्रिताङ्ग: प्रोद्दामवेणुदलशृङ्गरवोत्सवाढ्य: । वत्सान् गृणन्ननुगगीतपवित्रकीर्ति- र्गोपीदृगुत्सवदृशि: प्रविवेश गोष्ठम् ॥ ४७ ॥
barha-prasūna-vana-dhātu-vicitritāṅgaḥ proddāma-veṇu-dala-śṛṅga-ravotsavāḍhyaḥ vatsān gṛṇann anuga-gīta-pavitra-kīrtir gopī-dṛg-utsava-dṛśiḥ praviveśa goṣṭham
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body was decorated with peacock feathers and flowers and painted with forest minerals, and His bamboo flute loudly and festively resounded. As He called out to His calves by name, His cowherd boyfriends purified the whole world by chanting His glories. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa entered the cow pasture of His father, Nanda Mahārāja, and the sight of His beauty at once produced a great festival for the eyes of all the cowherd women.
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, the gopīs mentioned here are the elder cowherd ladies such as mother Yaśodā, who loved Kṛṣṇa with parental affection. Kṛṣṇa’s cowherd boyfriends were so proud of Kṛṣṇa’s wonderful activities that while entering the village they all sang His glories.
FAQs
It describes Kṛṣṇa entering Vraja decorated with forest ornaments, and His very sight becoming a “festival” for the gopīs’ eyes—showing their natural, love-filled absorption in Him.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates to King Parīkṣit, describing Kṛṣṇa’s return to the cowherd village in the context of Brahmā’s prayers and realization of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy.
It encourages cultivating “seeing Kṛṣṇa” through śravaṇa and kīrtana—letting His purifying fame and pastimes fill the mind, so devotion becomes joyful rather than forced.