Chapter 5
गोपान् गोकुलरक्षायां निरूप्य मथुरां गत: । नन्द: कंसस्य वार्षिक्यं करं दातुं कुरूद्वह ॥ १९ ॥
Transliteration
gopān gokula-rakṣāyāṁ nirūpya mathurāṁ gataḥ nandaḥ kaṁsasya vārṣikyaṁ karaṁ dātuṁ kurūdvaha
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
gopān — the cowherd men; gokula-rakṣāyām — in giving protection to the state of Gokula; nirūpya — after appointing; mathurām — to Mathurā; gataḥ — went; nandaḥ — Nanda Mahārāja; kaṁsasya — of Kaṁsa; vārṣikyam — yearly taxes; karam — the share of profit; dātum — to pay; kuru-udvaha — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best protector of the Kuru dynasty.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thereafter, my dear King Parīkṣit, O best protector of the Kuru dynasty, Nanda Mahārāja appointed the local cowherd men to protect Gokula and then went to Mathurā to pay the yearly taxes to King Kaṁsa.”