Verse 1.6.100-101

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 1.6.100-101:

चिरं गो-रस-दानेन यन्त्रितस्योद्धवस्य ते ।
साहायात् त्वत्-सुतं गोपा नाययित्वा पुनर् वने ॥ १०० ॥
भीषणे दुर्गमे दुष्ट-सत्त्व-जुष्टे स-कण्टके ।
संरक्षयितुम् इच्छन्ति धूर्ताः पशु-गणान् निजान् ॥ १०१ ॥

ciraṃ go-rasa-dānena yantritasyoddhavasya te |
sāhāyāt tvat-sutaṃ gopā nāyayitvā punar vane || 100 ||
bhīṣaṇe durgame duṣṭa-sattva-juṣṭe sa-kaṇṭake |
saṃrakṣayitum icchanti dhūrtāḥ paśu-gaṇān nijān || 101 ||

Uddhava stayed in Vraja for many days and those clever vrajavāsīs captivated him by giving him cow’s milk. Now they want to take your son back to Vraja with the help of Uddhava. They expect Him to guard their animals in the forest, which is fearsome, thorny, inaccessible and full of violent animals.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

What did Padmāvatī understand? Śrī Parīkṣit Mahārāja clarifies this in the two verses beginning with ciram. Those gopas such as Śrī Nanda want to take your son Śrī Kṛṣṇa with the help of Uddhava back to that inaccessible forest full of thorns, and they want to protect their animals with the help of your son. In the Tenth Canto the news of Uddhava’s staying in Vraja for a lengthy period of time is depicted, uvāsa katicin māsān gopīnāṃ vinudan śucaḥ: “Uddhava resided in Gokula for a few months and pleased the residents of Gokula by singing narrations of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.” (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.47.54) Therefore, the residents of Vraja captivated him by making him drink cow’s milk and buttermilk. They cannot go themselves and protect their animals in the forest infested by violent animals such as lions and tigers. Being resourceful, they want to protect their animals in the inaccessible forest through someone else’s son.