Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 31
The Solar Eclipse at Samanta-pañcaka and the Great Reunion of Yādavas, Pāṇḍavas, and Vraja
श्रीशुक उवाच नन्दस्तत्र यदून् प्राप्तान् ज्ञात्वा कृष्णपुरोगमान् । तत्रागमद् वृतो गोपैरन:स्थार्थैर्दिदृक्षया ॥ ३१ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca nandas tatra yadūn prāptān jñātvā kṛṣṇa-purogamān tatrāgamad vṛto gopair anaḥ-sthārthair didṛkṣayā
Sinabi ni Śukadeva Gosvāmī: Nang malaman ni Nanda Mahārāja na dumating na ang mga Yadu na pinangungunahan ni Kṛṣṇa, agad siyang nagtungo roon upang makita sila. Sumama rin ang mga pastol ng baka, at ang kanilang mga kariton ay kargado ng sari-saring gamit.
The cowherds of Vraja were planning to stay at Kurukṣetra for some days, so they came equipped with adequate provisions, especially milk products and other foods for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
FAQs
This verse shows Nanda and the cowherd men immediately going to meet the Yadus because Krishna was leading them—highlighting the Vrajavāsīs’ intense longing for Kṛṣṇa’s darśana.
He learned that the Yadus had come with Kṛṣṇa at their head, so he went with the gopas in their wagons, driven by the desire to see Kṛṣṇa and His relatives.
Cultivate steady spiritual “darśana”—regularly seek the Lord through deity worship, scripture, and satsanga—so that devotion becomes an eager, living relationship rather than a routine.