Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.24

śrī-śuka uvāca

iti sañcintayan kṛṣṇaḿ

śvaphalka-tanayo 'dhvani

rathena gokulaḿ prāptaḥ

sūryaś cāsta-giriḿ nṛpa

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; sañcintayan — thinking deeply; kṛṣṇam — about Lord Kṛṣṇa; śvaphalka-tanayaḥ — Akrūra, the son of Śvaphalka; adhvani — on the road; rathena — by his chariot; gokulam — the village of Gokula; prāptaḥ — reached; sūryaḥ — the sun; ca — and; asta-girim — the mountain behind which the sun sets; nṛpa — O King (Parīkṣit).

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, while the son of Śvaphalka, traveling on the road, thus meditated deeply on Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he reached Gokula as the sun was beginning to set.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments that although Akrūra did not even notice the road, being deeply absorbed in meditation on Lord Kṛṣṇa, he still reached Gokula on his chariot.

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