SB 10.11.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

'ataIºatae tvaAM d"AzAAhR"
BaAeºyamaANAAe ˜ajaAiDapa:
W÷AvayaAe: i'ayaM Daeih"
svagA{h"Ana, yaAta baAlak(A:

pratiksate tvam dasarha

bhoksyamano vrajadhipah

ehy avayoh priyam dhehi

sva-grhan yata balakah

pratiksate-is waiting; tvam-for both of You (Krsna and Balarama); dasarha-O Balarama; bhoksyamanah-desiring to eat; vraja-adhipah-the King of Vraja, Nanda Maharaja; ehi-come here; avayoh-our; priyam-pleasure; dhehi-just consider; sva-grhan-to their respective homes; yata-let them go; balakah-the other boys.

TRANSLATION

Nanda Maharaja, the King of Vraja, is now waiting to eat. O my dear son Balarama, he is waiting for You. Therefore, come back to please us. All the boys playing with You and Krsna should now go to their homes.

PURPORT

It appears that Nanda Maharaja regularly took his food with his two sons, Krsna and Balarama. Yasoda told the other boys, "Now you should go to your homes." Father and son generally sit together, so Mother Yasoda requested Krsna and Balarama to return, and she advised the other boys to go home so that their parents would not have to wait for them.