तत्रोपानन्दनामाह गोपो ज्ञानवयोऽधिक: । देशकालार्थतत्त्वज्ञ: प्रियकृद् रामकृष्णयो: ॥ २२ ॥
tatropananda-nāmāha gopo jñāna-vayo-’dhikaḥ deśa-kālārtha-tattva-jñaḥ priya-kṛd rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
- tatra
- in the assembly
- upananda-nāmā
- by the name Upananda (the elder brother of Nanda Mahārāja)
- āha
- said
- gopaḥ
- the cowherd man
- jñāna-vayaḥ-adhikaḥ
- who by knowledge and by age was the eldest of all
- deśa-kāla-artha-tattva-jñaḥ
- very experienced according to time, place and circumstances
- priya-kṛt
- just for the benefit
- rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
- of Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personalities of Godhead
At this meeting of all the inhabitants of Gokula, a cowherd man named Upananda, who was the most mature in age and knowledge and was very experienced according to time, circumstances and country, made this suggestion for the benefit of Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.