gopān samādiśat so 'pi
gṛhyatāṁ sarva-go-rasaḥ
upāyanāni gṛhṇīdhvaṁ
yujyantāṁ śakaṭāni ca
yāsyāmaḥ śvo madhu-purīṁ
dāsyāmo nṛpate rasān
drakṣyāmaḥ su-mahat parva
yānti jānapadāḥ kila
evam āghoṣayat kṣatrā
nanda-gopaḥ sva-gokule

 gopān - the cowherd men; samādiśāt - ordered; saḥ - he (Nanda Mahārāja); api - also; gṛhyatām - have collected; sarva - all; go-rasaḥ - the milk products; upāyanāni - excellent gifts; gṛhṇīdhvam - take; yujyantām - yoke; śakaṭāni - the wagons; ca - and; yāsyāmaḥ - we shall go; śvaḥ - tomorrow; madhu-purīm - to Mathurā; dāsyāmaḥ - we shall give; nṛpateḥ - to the King; rasān - our milk products; drakṣyāmaḥ - we shall see; su-mahat - a very great; parva - festival; yānti - are going; jānapadāḥ - the residents of all the outlying districts; kila - indeed; evam - thus; āghoṣayat - he had announced; kṣatrā - by the village constable; nanda-gopaḥ - Nanda Mahārāja; sva-gokule - to the people of his Gokula.


Text

Nanda Mahārāja then issued orders to the cowherd men by having the village constable make the following announcement throughout Nanda’s domain of Vraja: “Go collect all the available milk products. Bring valuable gifts and yoke your wagons. Tomorrow we shall go to Mathurā, present our milk products to the King and see a very great festival. The residents of all the outlying districts are also going.”

Purport

Nanda wanted to bring ghee and other milk products as taxes for the King.