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śrī-śuka uvāca ekadā deva-yātrāyāṁ gopālā jāta-kautukāḥ anobhir anaḍud-yuktaiḥ prayayus te ’mbikā-vanam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- ekadā
- once
- deva
- (to worship) the demigod, Lord Śiva
- yatrāyām
- on a trip
- gopālāḥ
- the cowherd men
- jāta-kautukāḥ
- eager
- anobhiḥ
- with wagons
- anaḍut
- to oxen
- yuktaiḥ
- yoked
- prayayuḥ
- went forth
- te
- they
- ambikā-vanam
- to the Ambikā forest
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: One day the cowherd men, eager to take a trip to worship Lord Śiva, traveled by bullock carts to the Ambikā forest.