Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 38: Akrura's Arrival in Vrndavana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.38.1

sri-suka uvaca

akruro 'pi ca tam ratrim

madhu-puryam maha-matih

usitva ratham asthaya

prayayau nanda-gokulam

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; akrurah -- Akrura; api ca -- and; tam -- that; ratrim -- night; madhu-puryam -- in the city of Mathura; maha-matih -- high-minded; usitva -- remaining; ratham -- his chariot; asthaya -- mounting; prayayau -- he set off; nanda-gokulam -- for the cowherd village of Nanda Maharaja.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: After passing the night in the city of Mathura, the high-minded Akrura mounted his chariot and set off for the cowherd village of Nanda Maharaja.

PURPORT

King Kamsa ordered Akrura to go to Vrndavana on the Ekadasi of the dark fortnight of the Vedic month of Phalguna. After spending the night in Mathura, Akrura left early the next day. That morning Narada offered his prayers to Krsna in Vrndavana, and in the afternoon the demon Vyoma was killed there. At dusk Akrura entered the Lord's village.

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