iti nandÄdayo gopÄḥ
kṛṣṇa-rÄma-kathÄá¹ mudÄ
kurvanto ramamÄṇÄÅ› ca
nÄvindan bhava-vedanÄm
iti - in this way; nanda-Ädayaḥ - all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda MahÄrÄja; gopÄḥ - cowherd men; kṛṣṇa-rÄma-kathÄm - narration of incidents in connection with BhagavÄn Kṛṣṇa and RÄma; mudÄ - in great transcendental pleasure; kurvantaḥ - doing that; ramamÄṇÄḥ ca - enjoyed life and increased their affection for Kṛṣṇa; na - not; avindan - perceived; bhava-vedanÄm - the tribulations of material existence.
In this way all the cowherd men, headed by Nanda MahÄrÄja, enjoyed topics about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and BalarÄma with great transcendental pleasure, and they could not even perceive material tribulations.
Here is an instruction about the result of studying or discussing the kṛṣṇa-lÄ«lÄs that appear in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. Sadyo há¹›dy avarudhyate ’tra ká¹›tibhiḥ Å›uÅ›rÅ«á¹£ubhis tat-ká¹£aṇÄt (BhÄg. 1.1.2). Nanda MahÄrÄja and YaÅ›odÄ in Vá¹›ndÄvana appeared like ordinary persons of this material world, but they never felt the tribulations of this world, although they sometimes met many dangerous situations created by the demons. This is a practical example. If we follow in the footsteps of Nanda MahÄrÄja and the gopas, we can all be happy simply by discussing the activities of Kṛṣṇa.
anarthopaÅ›amaá¹ sÄká¹£Äd
bhakti-yogam adhoká¹£aje
lokasyÄjÄnato vidvÄá¹Å›
cakre sÄtvata-saá¹hitÄm
(BhÄg. 1.7.6)
VyÄsadeva has given this literature so that everyone may understand one’s transcendental position simply by discussing bhÄgavata-kathÄ. Even at the present moment, everyone everywhere can be happy and free from material tribulations by following ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. There is no need of austerities and penances, which in this age are very difficult to perform. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu has therefore declared, sarvÄtma-snapanaá¹ paraá¹ vijayate Å›rÄ«-kṛṣṇa-saá¹…kÄ«rtanam. By our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we are trying to distribute ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam so that anyone in any part of the world can be absorbed in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement by chanting and hearing about the activities of Kṛṣṇa and be free from all material tribulations.
