Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.13.21

tat-tad-vatsān pṛthań nītvā

tat-tad-goṣṭhe niveśya saḥ

tat-tad-ātmābhavad rājaḿs

tat-tat-sadma praviṣṭavān

SYNONYMS

tat-tat-vatsān — the calves, which belonged to different cows; pṛthak — separately; nītvā — bringing; tat-tat-goṣṭhe — to their respective cow sheds; niveśya — entering; saḥ — Kṛṣṇa; tat-tat-ātmā — as originally different individual souls; abhavat — He expanded Himself in that way; rājan — O King Parīkṣit; tat-tat-sadma — their respective houses; praviṣṭavān — entered (Kṛṣṇa thus entered everywhere).

TRANSLATION

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Kṛṣṇa, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys.

PURPORT

Kṛṣṇa had many, many friends, of whom Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala were prominent. Thus Kṛṣṇa Himself became Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala and entered their respective houses with their respective calves.

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