Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 28: Kṛṣṇa Rescues Nanda Mahārāja from the Abode of Varuṇa |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.28.10
nandas tv atīndriyaḿ dṛṣṭvā
loka-pāla-mahodayam
kṛṣṇe ca sannatiḿ teṣāḿ
jñātibhyo vismito 'bravīt
SYNONYMS
nandaḥ — Nanda Mahārāja; tu — and; atīndriyam — not seen before; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; loka-pāla — of the controlling deity of the (ocean) planet, Varuṇa; mahā-udayam — the great opulence; kṛṣṇe — unto Kṛṣṇa; ca — and; sannatim — the offering of obeisances; teṣām — by them (Varuṇa and his followers); jñātibhyaḥ — to his friends and relatives; vismitaḥ — amazed; abravīt — spoke.
TRANSLATION
Nanda Mahārāja had been astonished to see for the first time the great opulence of Varuṇa, the ruler of the ocean planet, and also to see how Varuṇa and his servants had offered such humble respect to Kṛṣṇa. Nanda described all this to his fellow cowherd men.
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