SB 10.64.21
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 21
- nāhaṁ pratīcche vai rājann
- ity uktvā svāmy apākramat
- nānyad gavām apy ayutam
- icchāmīty aparo yayau
SYNONYMS
na — not; aham — I; pratīcche — want; vai — indeed; rājan — O King; iti — thus; uktvā — saying; svāmī — the owner; apākramat — went away; na — not; anyat — in addition; gavām — of cows; api — even; ayutam — ten thousand; icchāmi — I want; iti — thus saying; aparaḥ — the other (brāhmaṇa); yayau — left.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
The present owner of the cow said, "I don't want anything in exchange for this cow, O King," and went away. The other brāhmaṇa declared, "I don't want even ten thousand more cows [than you are offering]," and he too went away.
PURPORT
In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrīla Prabhupāda comments, "Thus disagreeing with the King's proposal, both brāhmaṇas left the palace in anger, thinking that their lawful position had been usurped."