Obeisance 17

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, entering the appropriate place (Vrajabhūmi), You appear to have become initiated in the vow of givine the unprecedented gift of love for Your lotus feet. O Performer of pastimes, You grant pure love for Yourself to Your devotees. That love is like a great festival of spiritual happiness.

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, , O delightful Son of Maharāja Nanda, when the (time) for Your birth-ceremony arrived, Your father arranged for a great festival and gave many gifts in charity, thus making the opulent land of Gokula very auspicious.

O Lord Gopaāla, you were then decorated with ornaments and the gopīs celebrated a great festival, lovingly and jubilantly showering their benedictions upon You and sprinkling You with the milk of the cows of Vraja.

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, O Delight of the people of Vraja, Nanda Maharāja then greatly honored the people of Vraja and heopulently gave many opulent giftrs to them as You drank the breast milk of Your mother Yaṣodā.

O Lord Kṛṣṇa, attaing You as his son, King Nanda considered that he had a great jewel as a son, and he became very anxious for Your protection. When he went to Mathurā to pay taxes, he asked the cowherd men to protect his home (in his absence).