पुरग्रामेष्वाग्रयणैरिन्द्रियैश्च महोत्सवै: । बभौ भू: पक्वशष्याढ्या कलाभ्यां नितरां हरे: ॥ ४८ ॥
pura-grāmeṣv āgrayaṇair indriyaiś ca mahotsavaiḥ babhau bhūḥ pakva-śaṣyāḍhyā kalābhyāṁ nitarāṁ hareḥ
- pura
- in the towns
- grāmeṣu
- and villages
- āgrayaṇaiḥ
- with performances of the Vedic sacrifice for tasting the first grains of the new harvest
- indriyaiḥ
- with other (worldly) celebrations
- ca
- and
- mahā-utsavaiḥ
- great celebrations
- babhau
- shone
- bhūḥ
- the earth
- pakva
- ripe
- śaṣya
- with her grains
- āḍhyā
- rich
- kalā
- she who is the expansion of the Lord
- ābhyām
- with those two (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma)
- nitarām
- very much
- hareḥ
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
In all the towns and villages people held great festivals, performing the Vedic fire sacrifice for honoring and tasting the first grains of the new harvest, along with similar celebrations that followed local custom and tradition. Thus the earth, rich with newly grown grain and especially beautified by the presence of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, shone beautifully as an expansion of the Supreme Lord.