SB 10.43.34

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 43: Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa

SB 10.43.33

SB 10.43.35

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 34

nityaṁ pramuditā gopā
vatsa-pālā yathā-sphuṭam
vaneṣu malla-yuddhena
krīḍantaś cārayanti gāḥ

SYNONYMS

nityam—always; pramuditāḥ—very happy; gopāḥ—cowherds; vatsapālāḥ—tending the calves; yathā-sphuṭam—obviously; vaneṣu—in the various forests; malla-yuddhena—with wrestling; krīḍantaḥ—playing; cārayanti—they graze; gāḥ—the cows.

TRANSLATION

It is well known that cowherd boys are always joyful as they tend their calves, and that the boys playfully wrestle with each other while grazing their animals in the various forests.

PURPORT

Here Cāṇūra explains how the two brothers came to be expert at wrestling.