Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

akrūro 'pi ca tāḿ rātriḿ

madhu-puryāḿ mahā-matiḥ

uṣitvā ratham āsthāya

prayayau nanda-gokulam

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; akrūraḥ — Akrūra; api ca — and; tām — that; rātrim — night; madhu-puryām — in the city of Mathurā; mahā-matiḥ — high-minded; uṣitvā — remaining; ratham — his chariot; āsthāya — mounting; prayayau — he set off; nanda-gokulam — for the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After passing the night in the city of Mathurā, the high-minded Akrūra mounted his chariot and set off for the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja.

PURPORT

King Kaḿsa ordered Akrūra to go to Vṛndāvana on the Ekādaśī of the dark fortnight of the Vedic month of Phālguna. After spending the night in Mathurā, Akrūra left early the next day. That morning Nārada offered his prayers to Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana, and in the afternoon the demon Vyoma was killed there. At dusk Akrūra entered the Lord's village.

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