Devanagari
स्वलङ्कृता भुक्तवन्त: स्वनुलिप्ता: सुवासस:
प्रदक्षिणां च कुरुत गोविप्रानलपर्वतान् ॥ २९ ॥
Verse text
sv-alaṅkṛtā bhuktavantaḥ
sv-anuliptāḥ su-vāsasaḥ
pradakṣiṇāṁ ca kuruta
go-viprānala-parvatān
Synonyms
su
—
alaṅkṛtāḥ — handsomely adorned
;
bhuktavantaḥ
—
having eaten to your satisfaction
;
su
—
anuliptāḥ — anointed with auspicious sandalwood pulp
;
su
—
vāsasaḥ — wearing fine garments
;
pradakṣiṇām
—
circumambulation
;
ca
—
and
;
kuruta
—
you should perform
;
go
—
of the cows
;
vipra
—
the brāhmaṇas
;
anala
—
the sacrificial fires
;
parvatān
—
and the hill, Govardhana .
Translation
After everyone has eaten to his satisfaction, you should all dress and decorate yourselves handsomely, smear your bodies with sandalwood paste and then circumambulate the cows, the brāhmaṇas, the sacrificial fires and Govardhana Hill.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After everyone has eaten to his satisfaction, you should all dress and decorate yourselves handsomely, smear your bodies with sandalwood paste and then circumambulate the cows, the brāhmaṇas, the sacrificial fires and Govardhana Hill.
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted all the human beings and even the animals to eat nice
bhagavat-prasādam,
sanctified foods offered to the Lord. To enthuse His relatives with a festive mood, He requested them to dress beautifully with fine clothes and ornaments and to refresh their bodies with luxurious sandalwood paste. The essential activity, however, was the circumambulation of the holy brāhmaṇas, cows, sacrificial fires and especially Govardhana Hill.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This ceremony is not full of hardships like others, but can be done most comfortably. The prefix su should be added to bhuktavantaḥ just as it is seen with the previous and following words. It indicates that the poor should be fed to full satisfaction. Though the usual method is to circumambulate the cows, fires, brāhmaṇas and Govardhana simultaneously they are mentioned separately here it is prescribed to worship each of them separately, followed by circumambulation of each. Separate parikrama of Govardhana is mentioned. “Then, placing the cows, bulls and calves in front of them, they circumambulated Govardhana.” (verse 33) One cannot concoct another process since the words of Hari-vaṁśa are also clear. Being nicely decorated is not a specific rule but is mentioned to encourage them to perform the ceremony. Even if one is not decorated or dressed nicely, or with no such desires, the ceremony can be completely successfully. The parikrama should take place after feeding the cows and others, after feeding Govardhana with many offerings. Not all the cows should be worshipped but only the main ones, since they are unlimited in number. And only some of them should to parikrama for the same reason.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
After that, decorating yourselves nicely you should eat the remnants. Or unlike other activities this does not give suffering, but rather great joy. He then gives instructions which show their happiness. Su is not added to bhuktavantaḥ, as with the words before and after, since eating milk produces was in itself most excellent.