tathā ca vyadadhuḥ sarvaḿ
yathāha madhusūdanaḥ
vācayitvā svasty-ayanaḿ
tad-dravyeṇa giri-dvijān
upahṛtya balīn samyag
ādṛtā yavasaḿ gavām
go-dhanāni puraskṛtya
giriḿ cakruḥ pradakṣiṇam
tatha -- thus; ca -- and; vyadadhuh -- they executed; sarvam -- everything; yatha -- as; aha -- He spoke; madhusudanah -- Lord Krishna; vacayitva -- making (the brahmanas) recite; svasti-ayanam -- the auspicious chants; tat-dravyena -- with the paraphernalia intended for Indra's sacrifice; giri -- to the hill; dvijan -- and the brahmanas; upahritya -- offering; balin -- the presentations of tribute; samyak -- all together; adritah -- respectfully; yavasam -- grass; gavam -- to the cows; go-dhanani -- the bulls, cows and calves; puraskritya -- placing in front; girim -- of the hill; cakruh -- they performed; pradakshinam -- circumambulation.
The cowherd community then did all that Madhusudana had suggested. They arranged for the brahmanas to recite the auspicious Vedic mantras, and using the paraphernalia that had been intended for Indra's sacrifice, they presented offerings to Govardhana Hill and the brahmanas with reverential respect. They also gave grass to the cows. Then, placing the cows, bulls and calves in front of them, they circumambulated Govardhana.
The residents of Vrindavana were simply devoted to Lord Krishna; that was the sum and substance of their existence. Being the Lord's eternal associates, they were ultimately not concerned with Lord Indra or ritualistic sacrifice, and they were certainly not interested in the mechanistic philosophy that Krishna had just spoken to them. They simply loved Krishna, and out of intense affection they did exactly what He had requested.
Their simple loving mentality was not small-mindedness or ignorance, since they were devoted to the Supreme Absolute Truth, who contains within Himself all existence. Thus the residents of Vrindavana constantly experienced the highest, essential truth underlying all other truths -- and that is Sri Krishna Himself, the cause of all causes and that which sustains the existence of all that exists. The residents of Vrindavana were overwhelmed in loving service to that Supreme Absolute Truth; therefore they were the most fortunate, most intelligent and most pragmatic of all living beings.
