Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.28.3

cukrusus tam apasyantah

krsna rameti gopakah

bhagavams tad upasrutya

pitaram varunahrtam

tad-antikam gato rajan

svanam abhaya-do vibhuh

SYNONYMS

cukrusuh -- they called out loudly; tam -- him, Nanda; apasyantah -- not seeing; krsna -- O Krsna; rama -- O Rama; iti -- thus; gopakah -- the cowherd men; bhagavan -- the Supreme Lord, Krsna; tat -- that; upasrutya -- hearing; pitaram -- His father; varuna -- by Varuna; ahrtam -- taken away; tat -- of Varuna; antikam -- to the presence; gatah -- went; rajan -- my dear King Pariksit; svanam -- of His own devotees; abhaya -- of fearlessness; dah -- the giver; vibhuh -- the almighty Lord.

TRANSLATION

O King, not seeing Nanda Maharaja, the cowherd men loudly cried out, "O Krsna! O Rama!" Lord Krsna heard their cries and understood that His father had been captured by Varuna. Therefore the almighty Lord, who makes His devotees fearless, went to the court of Varunadeva.

PURPORT

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that when Nanda Maharaja went to bathe in the river, he was accompanied by several cowherd men. When Nanda did not come out of the water, they began to cry out, and Lord Krsna immediately came there. Understanding the situation, Sri Krsna entered the water and went to the court of the demigod Varuna, determined to free His father and the other cowherd men from fear of a mere demigod.

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