Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.52

kṛṣṇo brahmaṇa ādeśaḿ

satyaḿ kartuḿ vraje vibhuḥ

saha-rāmo vasaḿś cakre

teṣāḿ prītiḿ sva-līlayā

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇaḥ — the Supreme Personality, Kṛṣṇa; brahmaṇaḥ — of Lord Brahmā; ādeśam — the order; satyam — truthful; kartum — to make; vraje — in Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana; vibhuḥ — the supreme powerful; saha-rāmaḥ — along with Balarāma; vasan — residing; cakre — increased; teṣām — of all the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana; prītim — the pleasure; sva-līlayā — by His transcendental pastimes.

TRANSLATION

Thus the Supreme Personality, Kṛṣṇa, along with Balarāma, lived in Vrajabhūmi, Vṛndāvana, just to substantiate the benediction of Brahmā. By exhibiting different pastimes in His childhood, He increased the transcendental pleasure of Nanda and the other inhabitants of Vṛndāvana.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Eighth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled, "Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth."

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