Shloka 26

Govardhana-pūjā: Kṛṣṇa Redirects Indra-yajña to Worship of Govardhana, Cows, and Brāhmaṇas

Devanagari script

पच्यन्तां विविधा: पाका: सूपान्ता: पायसादय: । संयावापूपशष्कुल्य: सर्वदोहश्च गृह्यताम् ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

pacyantāṁ vividhāḥ pākāḥ sūpāntāḥ pāyasādayaḥ saṁyāvāpūpa-śaṣkulyaḥ sarva-dohaś ca gṛhyatām

Translation

പായസം മുതലായി പലവിധ സൂപ്പുകൾ വരെ അനവധി വിഭവങ്ങൾ പാകം ചെയ്യട്ടെ. വേവിച്ചതും വറുത്തതുമായ പലതരം കേക്ക്-അപ്പം മുതലായ മധുരപദാർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ഒരുക്കട്ടെ. ലഭ്യമായ എല്ലാ പാലോൽപ്പന്നങ്ങളും ഈ യജ്ഞത്തിനായി കൊണ്ടുവരട്ടെ.

Synonyms

• pacyantām: let (them) be cooked
• pacyantām: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pac (पच् धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vividhāḥ: various
• vividhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pākāḥ: cooked dishes
• pākāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of injunction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sūpāntāḥ: including soups
• sūpāntāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समास: सूप-अन्ताः (तत्पुरुष: ‘ending with/including soups’)

• pāyasa-ādayaḥ: rice-pudding and the like
• pāyasa-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समास: पायस-आदयः (तत्पुरुष: ‘rice-pudding etc.’)

• saṁyāva-pūpa-śaṣkulyaḥ: saṁyāva, cakes, and fried pastries
• saṁyāva-pūpa-śaṣkulyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṁyāva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṣkulī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समास: संयाव-पूप-शष्कुल्यः (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: ‘saṁyāva, cakes, and śaṣkulīs’)

• sarva-dohaḥ: full milking (of cows)
• sarva-dohaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of injunction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + doha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समास: सर्व-दोहः (तत्पुरुष: ‘complete milking/collection of milk’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• gṛhyatām: let it be collected
• gṛhyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); passive-style injunction ‘let it be taken/collected’

Purport

The word sūpa indicates bean broth and also liquid vegetables. Thus to celebrate the Govardhana-pūjā, Lord Kṛṣṇa called for hot preparations such as soup, cold preparations like sweet rice, and all types of milk products.

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Nanda Maharaja
• Vraja-vasis

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about offerings for Govardhana Puja?

This verse describes preparing abundant varieties of food—soups, sweet rice (pāyasa), cakes, fried items, and many dairy products—as offerings for Govardhana worship, emphasizing joyful, generous devotional service.

Why did Krishna instruct the Vrajavasis to cook so many preparations?

In the Govardhana episode, Krishna redirects the community’s worship away from Indra-yajña and toward honoring Govardhana and the cows; the plentiful preparations express wholehearted devotion and communal participation in that worship.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

Offer what you cook with sincerity and gratitude—make devotional offering (naivedya), share prasāda generously, and let worship be grounded in humility, community, and care for nature and cows.