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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.1.9
kasmān mukundo bhagavān
SYNONYMS
kasmāt — why; mukundah — Krishna, who can award liberation to everyone; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pituh — of His father (Vasudeva); gehāt — from the house; vrajam — to Vrajadhāma, Vrajabhūmi; gatah — went; kva — where; vāsam — placed Himself to live; jñātibhih — His relatives; sārdham — with; kritavān — did so; sātvatām patih — the master of all Vaishnava devotees.
TRANSLATION
Why did Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leave the house of His father, Vasudeva, and transfer Himself to the house of Nanda in Vrindāvana? Where did the Lord, the master of the Yadu dynasty, live with His relatives in Vrindāvana?
PURPORT
These are inquiries about the itinerary of Krishna. Just after His birth in the house of Vasudeva in Mathurā, Krishna transferred Himself to Gokula, on the other side of the Yamunā, and after some days He moved with His father, mother and other relatives to Nanda-grāma, Vrindāvana. Mahārāja Parīkshit was very much eager to hear about Krishna's activities in Vrindāvana. This entire canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is full of activities performed in Vrindāvana and Dvārakā. The first forty chapters describe Krishna's Vrindāvana affairs, and the next fifty describe Krishna's activities in Dvārakā. Mahārāja Parīkshit, to fulfill his desire to hear about Krishna, requested Śukadeva Gosvāmī to describe these activities in full detail.
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