SB 10.11.18

Devanāgarī

धूलिधूसरिताङ्गस्त्वं पुत्र मज्जनमावह । जन्मर्क्षं तेऽद्य भवति विप्रेभ्यो देहि गा: शुचि: ॥ १८ ॥

Text

dhūli-dhūsaritāṅgas tvaṁ putra majjanam āvaha janmarkṣaṁ te ’dya bhavati viprebhyo dehi gāḥ śuciḥ

Synonyms

dhūli-dhūsarita-aṅgaḥtvam—You have become covered with dust and sand all over Your body;putra—my dear son;majjanamāvaha—now come here, take Your bath and cleanse Yourself;janma-ṛkṣam—the auspicious star of Your birth;te—of You;adya—today;bhavati—it is;viprebhyaḥ—unto the purebrāhmaṇas;dehi—give in charity;gāḥ—cows;śuciḥ—being purified.

Translation

Mother Yaśodā further told Kṛṣṇa: My dear son, because of playing all day, Your body has become covered with dust and sand. Therefore, come back, take Your bath and cleanse Yourself. Today the moon is conjoined with the auspicious star of Your birth. Therefore, be pure and give cows in charity to the brāhmaṇas.

Purport

It is a custom of Vedic culture that whenever there is any auspicious ceremony, one should give valuable cows in charity to the brāhmaṇas. Therefore mother Yaśodā requested Kṛṣṇa, “Instead of being enthusiastic in playing, now please come and be enthusiastic in charity.” Yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyaṁ kāryam eva tat. As advised in Bhagavad-gītā (18.5) , sacrifice, charity and austerity should never be given up. Yajño dānaṁ tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām: even if one is very much advanced in spiritual life, one should not give up these three duties. To observe one’s birthday ceremony, one should do something in terms of one of these three items ( yajña, dāna or tapaḥ ), or all of them together.

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