Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 69: Narada Muni Visits Lord Krishna's Palaces in Dvaraka

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.69.36

avyakta-lingam prakritishv

antah-pura-grihadishu

kvacic carantam yogesam

tat-tad-bhava-bubhutsaya

SYNONYMS

avyakta -- hidden; lingam -- His identity; prakritishu -- among His ministers; antah-pura -- of the royal precincts; griha-adishu -- among the residences, etc.; kvacit -- somewhere; carantam -- moving about; yoga-isam -- the Lord of mystic power; tat-tat -- of each of them; bhava -- the mentalities; bubhutsaya -- with the desire to know.

TRANSLATION

Somewhere Krishna, the Lord of mystic power, was moving about in disguise among the homes of ministers and other citizens in order to understand what each of them was thinking.

PURPORT

Although Lord Krishna is all-knowing, while executing His pastimes as a typical monarch He sometimes traveled about incognito to acquire necessary information about His kingdom.

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