Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.28.10

nandas tv atīndriyaḿ dṛṣṭvā

loka-pāla-mahodayam

kṛṣṇe ca sannatiḿ teṣāḿ

jñātibhyo vismito 'bravīt

SYNONYMS

nandaḥNanda Mahārāja; tu — and; atīndriyam — not seen before; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; loka-pāla — of the controlling deity of the (ocean) planet, Varuṇa; mahā-udayam — the great opulence; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; ca — and; sannatim — the offering of obeisances; teṣām — by them (Varuṇa and his followers); jñātibhyaḥto his friends and relatives; vismitaḥ — amazed; abravīt — spoke.

TRANSLATION

Nanda Mahārāja had been astonished to see for the first time the great opulence of Varuṇa, the ruler of the ocean planet, and also to see how Varuṇa and his servants had offered such humble respect to Kṛṣṇa. Nanda described all this to his fellow cowherd men.

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