Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.20-22

divyantam akshais tatrapi

priyaya coddhavena ca

pujitah paraya bhaktya

pratyutthanasanadibhih

prishtas cavidushevasau

kadayato bhavan iti

kriyate kim nu purnanam

apurnair asmad-adibhih

athapi bruhi no brahman

janmaitac chobhanam kuru

sa tu vismita utthaya

tushnim anyad agad griham

SYNONYMS

divyantam -- playing; akshaih -- with dice; tatra -- there; api -- indeed; priyaya -- with His beloved; ca -- and; uddhavena -- with Uddhava; ca -- also; pujitah -- he was worshiped; paraya -- with transcendental; bhaktya -- devotion; pratyutthana -- by His standing up from His sitting place; asana -- by His offering him a seat; adibhih -- and so on; prishtah -- questioned; ca -- and; avidusha -- by one who was in ignorance; iva -- as if; asau -- he, Narada; kada -- when; ayatah -- arrived; bhavan -- your good self; iti -- thus; kriyate -- is intended to be done; kim -- what; nu -- indeed; purnanam -- by those who are full; apurnaih -- with those who are not full; asmat-adibhih -- such as Ourself; atha api -- nonetheless; bruhi -- please tell; nah -- Us; brahman -- O brahmana; janma -- Our birth; etat -- this; sobhanam -- auspicious; kuru -- please make; sah -- he, Narada; tu -- but; vismitah -- astonished; utthaya -- standing up; tushnim -- silently; anyat -- to another; agat -- went; griham -- palace.

TRANSLATION

There he saw the Lord playing at dice with His beloved consort and His friend Uddhava. Lord Krishna worshiped Narada by standing up, offering him a seat, and so on, and then, as if He did not know, asked him, "When did you arrive? What can needy persons like Us do for those who are full in themselves? In any case, My dear brahmana, please make My life auspicious." Thus addressed, Narada was astonished. He simply stood up silently and went to another palace.

PURPORT

In Krishna, Srila Prabhupada explains that when Narada arrived at the second palace, "Lord Krishna acted as if He did not know what had happened in the palace of Rukmini." Narada understood that Lord Krishna was simultaneously present in both palaces, performing different activities, so "he simply left the palace silently, in great astonishment over the Lord's activities."

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