Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.70.17

sudharmakhyam sabham sarvair

vrsnibhih parivaritah

pravisad yan-nivistanam

na santy anga sad urmayah

SYNONYMS

sudharma-akhyam -- known as Sudharma; sabham -- the royal assembly hall; sarvaih -- by all; vrsnibhih -- the Vrsnis; parivaritah -- attended; pravisat -- He entered; yat -- which; nivistanam -- for those who have entered; na santi -- do not occur; anga -- my dear King (Pariksit); sat -- the six; urmayah -- waves.

TRANSLATION

The Lord, attended by all the Vrsnis, would enter the Sudharma assembly hall, which protects those who enter it from the six waves of material life, dear King.

PURPORT

Srila Prabhupada writes, "It may be remembered that the Sudharma assembly house was taken away from the heavenly planet and was reestablished in the city of Dvaraka. The specific significance of the assembly house was that anyone who entered it would be free from the six kinds of material pangs, namely hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death. These are the whips of material existence, and as long as one remained in that assembly house of Sudharma, he would not be affected by these six material whips."

In this regard, Sridhara Svami and Visvanatha Cakravarti explain that when Lord Krsna would exit separately from each of His many palaces, each individual form would be visible to the persons present on those particular palace grounds and to the neighboring residents, but not to others. Then, at the gateway path of the Sudharma assembly hall, all the forms of the Lord would merge into a single form, and thus He would enter the hall.

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