Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: प्रियं राज्ञ: प्रकुर्वत्य: श्रेयो विन्दन्ति वै प्रजा: । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा विपरीतमतोऽन्यथा ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: priyaṁ rājñaḥ prakurvatyaḥśreyo vindanti vai prajāḥmanasā karmaṇā vācāviparītam ato ’nyathā Translation: Subjects of the King who try to please him with their thoughts, acts and words are sure to achieve good fortune, but those who fail to do so will suffer the opposite fate....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: नित्यं प्रमुदिता गोपा वत्सपाला यथास्फुटम् । वनेषु मल्लयुद्धेन क्रीडन्तश्चारयन्ति गा: ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: nityaṁ pramuditā gopāvatsa-pālā yathā-sphuṭamvaneṣu malla-yuddhenakrīḍantaś cārayanti gāḥ Translation: It is well known that cowherd boys are always joyful as they tend their calves, and that the boys playfully wrestle with each other while grazing their animals in the various forests. Purport: Here Cāṇūra explains how the two brothers came to be expert at wrestling....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: तस्माद् राज्ञ: प्रियं यूयं वयं च करवाम हे । भूतानि न: प्रसीदन्ति सर्वभूतमयो नृप: ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: tasmād rājñaḥ priyaṁ yūyaṁvayaṁ ca karavāma hebhūtāni naḥ prasīdantisarva-bhūta-mayo nṛpaḥ Translation: Therefore let’s do what the King wants. Everyone will be pleased with us, for the king embodies all living beings. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: तन्निशम्याब्रवीत्कृष्णो देशकालोचितं वच: । नियुद्धमात्मनोऽभीष्टं मन्यमानोऽभिनन्द्य च ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: tan niśamyābravīt kṛṣṇodeśa-kālocitaṁ vacaḥniyuddham ātmano ’bhīṣṭaṁmanyamāno ’bhinandya ca Translation: Hearing this, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who liked to wrestle and welcomed the challenge, replied with words appropriate to the time and place. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: प्रजा भोजपतेरस्य वयं चापि वनेचरा: । करवाम प्रियं नित्यं तन्न: परमनुग्रह: ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: prajā bhoja-pater asyavayaṁ cāpi vane-carāḥkaravāma priyaṁ nityaṁtan naḥ param anugrahaḥ Translation: [Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] Although forest-dwellers, We are also subjects of the Bhoja king. We must gratify his desires, for such behavior will confer upon Us the greatest benefit. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: बाला वयं तुल्यबलै: क्रीडिष्यामो यथोचितम् । भवेन्नियुद्धं माधर्म: स्पृशेन्मल्ल सभासद: ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: bālā vayaṁ tulya-balaiḥkrīḍiṣyāmo yathocitambhaven niyuddhaṁ mādharmaḥspṛśen malla-sabhā-sadaḥ Translation: We are just young boys and should play with those of equal strength. The wrestling match must go on properly so that irreligion does not taint the respectable members of the audience. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: चाणूर उवाचन बालो न किशोरस्त्वं बलश्च बलिनां वर: । लीलयेभो हतो येन सहस्रद्विपसत्त्वभृत् ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: cāṇūra uvācana bālo na kiśoras tvaṁbalaś ca balināṁ varaḥlīlayebho hato yenasahasra-dvipa-sattva-bhṛt Translation: Cāṇūra said: You aren’t really a child or even a young man, and neither is Balarāma, the strongest of the strong. After all, You playfully killed an elephant who had the strength of a thousand other elephants....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: तस्माद्भवद्भ्यां बलिभिर्योद्धव्यं नानयोऽत्र वै । मयि विक्रम वार्ष्णेय बलेन सह मुष्टिक: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: tasmād bhavadbhyāṁ balibhiryoddhavyaṁ nānayo ’tra vaimayi vikrama vārṣṇeyabalena saha muṣṭikaḥ Translation: Therefore You two should fight powerful wrestlers. There’s certainly nothing unfair about that. You, O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, can show Your prowess against me, and Balarāma can fight with Muṣṭika. Purport: