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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 10]
our sight at another time. He exists at all times and at every place, but by His causeless mercy when He appears before us we take it for granted that He has taken His birth. Anyone who can understand this truth, in terms of the statements of revealed scriptures, certainly becomes liberated just after quitting the present body. Liberation is obtainable after many births and after great endeavor in patience and perseverance, in knowledge and renunciation. But simply by knowing in truth about the Lord's transcendental births and activities, one can get liberation at once. That is the verdict of the  Bhagavad-gītā . But those who are in the darkness of ignorance conclude that the Lord's birth and activities in the material world are similar to those of the ordinary living being. Such imperfect conclusions cannot give anyone liberation. His birth, therefore, in the family of King Yadu as the son of King Vasudeva and His transfer into the family of Nanda Mahārāja in the land of Mathurā are all transcendental arrangements made by the internal potency of the Lord. The fortunes of the Yadu dynasty and that of the inhabitants of the land of Mathurā cannot be materially estimated. If simply by knowing the transcendental nature of the birth and activities of the Lord one can get liberation easily, we can just imagine what is in store for those who actually enjoyed the company of the Lord in person as a family member or as a neighbor. All those who were fortunate enough to associate with the Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, certainly obtained something  more than what is known as liberation . Therefore, rightly the dynasty and the land are both ever glorious by the grace of the Lord.
TEXT 27
अहो बत स्वर्यशस्तिरस्करी
कुशस्थली पुण्ययशस्करी भुवः ।
पश्यन्ति नित्यं यदनुग्रहेषितं
सितावलोकं स्वपतिं स यत्प्रजाः ॥२७॥
aho bata svar-yaśasas tiraskarī
kuśasthalī puṇya yaśaskarī bhuvaḥ
paśyanti nityam yad anugraheṣitam
smitāvalokam sva-patim sma yat-prajāḥ
aho bata —how wonderful this is;  svar-yaśasaḥ —glories of the heavenly planets;  tiraskarī —that which defeats;  kuśasthalī —Dvārakā;  puṇya —virtue;