CHAPTER ELEVEN
Lord Kṛṣṇa's Entrance into Dvārakā
TEXT 1
सूत उवाच
अनर्तान स उपव्रज्य स्वृद्धाञ्जनपदान् स्वकान्। दध्मौ दखरं तेषां विषादं शमयन्निव ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca   ānartān sa upavrajya   svṛddhān jana-padān svakān   dadhmau daravaram teṣām   viṣādam śamayann iva
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  ānartān —the country known as Ānartān (Dvārakā);  saḥ —He;  upavrajya —reaching the border of;  svṛddhān —most prosperous;  jana-padān —city;  svakān —His own;  dadhmau —sounded;  daravaram —the auspicious conchshell (Pāñcajanya);  teṣām —of them;  viṣādam —dejection;  śamayan —pacifying;  iva —seemingly.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: The Lord, upon reaching the border of His most prosperous metropolis, known as the country of the Ānartas [Dvārakā], sounded His auspicious conchshell, heralding His arrival and apparently pacifying the dejection of the inhabitants.
PURPORT
The beloved Lord was away from His own prosperous metropolis of Dvārakā for a considerably long period because of the Battle of Kurukṣetra, and thus all the inhabitants were overcome with melancholia due to
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