SB 10.69.20-22

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 69: Nārada Muni Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa's Palaces in Dvārakā

SB 10.69.19 - SB 10.69.23

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXTS 20-22

dīvyantam akṣais tatrāpi

priyayā coddhavena ca

pūjitaḥ parayā bhaktyā

pratyutthānāsanādibhiḥ

pṛṣṭaś cāviduṣevāsau

kadāyāto bhavān iti

kriyate kiṁ nu pūrṇānām

apūrṇair asmad-ādibhiḥ

athāpi brūhi no brahman

janmaitac chobhanaṁ kuru

sa tu vismita utthāya

tūṣṇīm anyad agād gṛham

SYNONYMS

dīvyantam — playing; akṣaiḥ — with dice; tatra — there; api — indeed; priyayā — with His beloved; ca — and; uddhavena — with Uddhava; ca — also; pūjitaḥ — he was worshiped; parayā — with transcendental; bhaktyā — devotion; pratyutthāna — by His standing up from His sitting place; ādibhiḥ — and so on; pṛṣṭaḥ — questioned; ca — and; aviduṣā — by one who was in ignorance; iva — as if; asau — he, Nārada; kadā — when; āyātaḥ — arrived; bhavān — your good self; iti — thus; kriyate — is intended to be done; kim — what; nu — indeed; pūrṇānām — by those who are full; apūrṇaiḥ — with those who are not full; asmat-ādibhiḥ — such as Ourself; atha api — nonetheless; brūhi — please tell; naḥ — Us; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; janma — Our birth; etat — this; śobhanam — auspicious; kuru — please make; saḥ — he, Nārada; tu — but; vismitaḥ — astonished; utthāya — standing up; tūṣṇīm — silently; anyat — to another; agāt — went; gṛham — palace.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

There he saw the Lord playing at dice with His beloved consort and His friend Uddhava. Lord Kṛṣṇa worshiped Nārada by standing up, offering him a seat, and so on, and then, as if He did not know, asked him, "When did you arrive? What can needy persons like Us do for those who are full in themselves? In any case, My dear brāhmaṇa, please make My life auspicious." Thus addressed, Nārada was astonished. He simply stood up silently and went to another palace.

PURPORT

In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that when Nārada arrived at the second palace, "Lord Kṛṣṇa acted as if He did not know what had happened in the palace of Rukmiṇī." Nārada understood that Lord Kṛṣṇa was simultaneously present in both palaces, performing different activities, so "he simply left the palace silently, in great astonishment over the Lord's activities."

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