गोपान् गोकुलरक्षायां निरूप्य मथुरां गत: । नन्द: कंसस्य वार्षिक्यं करं दातुं कुरूद्वह ॥ १९ ॥
gopān gokula-rakṣāyāṁ nirūpya mathurāṁ gataḥ nandaḥ kaṁsasya vārṣikyaṁ karaṁ dātuṁ kurūdvaha
- gopān
- the cowherd men
- gokula-rakṣāyām
- in giving protection to the state of Gokula
- nirūpya
- after appointing
- mathurām
- to Mathurā
- gataḥ
- went
- nandaḥ
- Nanda Mahārāja
- kaṁsasya
- of Kaṁsa
- vārṣikyam
- yearly taxes
- karam
- the share of profit
- dātum
- to pay
- kuru-udvaha
- O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best protector of the Kuru dynasty
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Thereafter, my dear King Parīkṣit, O best protector of the Kuru dynasty, Nanda Mahārāja appointed the local cowherd men to protect Gokula and then went to Mathurā to pay the yearly taxes to King Kaṁsa.