SB 10.41.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 41: Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma Enter Mathurā

SB 10.41.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
stuvatas tasya bhagavān
darśayitvā jale vapuḥ
bhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇo
naṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; stuvataḥ—while praying; tasya—he, Akrūra; bhagavān—the Supreme Lord; darśayitvā—having shown; jale-in the water; vapuḥ—His personal form; bhūyaḥ—again; samāharat—withdrew; kṛṣṇaḥ—Śrī Kṛṣṇa; naṭaḥ—an actor; nāṭyam—the performance; iva—as; ātmanaḥ—his own.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While Akrūra was still offering prayers, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew His form that He had revealed in the water, just as an actor winds up his performance.

PURPORT

Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew from Akrūra's sight the Viṣṇu form along with the vision of the spiritual sky and its eternal inhabitants.