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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 1]
śrī-rājā uvāca —King Parīkṣit said;  kathitaḥ —has already been described;  vaṁśa-vistāraḥ —a broad description of the dynasties;  bhavatā —by Your Lordship;  soma-sūryayoḥ —of the moon-god and the sun-god;  rājñām —of the kings;  ca —and;  ubhaya —both;  vaṁśyā-nām —of the members of the dynasties;  caritam —the character;  parama —exalted;  adbhutam —and wonderful.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit said:  My dear lord, you have elaborately described the dynasties of both the moon-god and the sun-god, with the exalted and wonderful character of their kings.
PURPORT
At the end of the Ninth Canto, Twenty-fourth Chapter, Śukadeva Gosvāmī summarized the activities of Kṛṣṇa. He spoke of how Kṛṣṇa had personally appeared to reduce the burden on the earth, how He had manifested His pastimes as a householder, and how, soon after His birth, He had transferred Himself to His Vrajabhūmi-līlā. Parīkṣit Mahārāja, being naturally a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, wanted to hear more about Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, to encourage Śukadeva Gosvāmī to continue speaking about Kṛṣṇa and give further details, he thanked Śukadeva Gosvāmī for having described the activities of Kṛṣṇa in brief. Śukadeva Gosvāmī had said:
jāto gataḥ pitṛ-gṛhād vrajam edhitārtho hatvā ripūn suta-śatāni kṛtorudāraḥ utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ kratubhiḥ samīje ātmānam ātma-nigamaṁ prathayañ janeṣu
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, known as  līlā-puruṣottama , appeared as the son of Vasudeva but immediately left His father’s home and went to Vṛndāvana to expand His loving relationships with His confidential devotees. In Vṛndāvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterward He returned to Dvārakā, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for