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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 1]
rājadhānī tataḥ sābhūt sarva-yādava-bhūbhujām mathurā bhagavān yatra nityaṁ sannihito hariḥ
rājadhānī —the capital;  tataḥ —from that time;  sā —the country and the city known as Mathurā;  abhūt —became;  sarva-yādava-bhūbhujām —of all the kings who appeared in the Yadu dynasty;  mathurā —the place known as Mathurā;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yatra —wherein;  nityaṁ —eternally;  sannihitaḥ —intimately connected, living eternally;  hariḥ —the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Since that time, the city of Mathurā had been the capital of all the kings of the Yadu dynasty. The city and district of Mathurā are very intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa, for Lord Kṛṣṇa lives there eternally.
PURPORT
It is understood that Mathurā City is the transcendental abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa; it is not an ordinary material city, for it is eternally connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vṛndāvana is within the jurisdiction of Mathurā, and it still continues to exist. Because Mathurā and Vṛndāvana are intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa eternally, it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana ( vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati ). At present, the place known as Vṛndāvana, in the district of Mathurā, continues its position as a transcendental place, and certainly anyone who goes there becomes transcendentally purified. Navadvīpa-dhāma is also intimately connected with Vrajabhūmi. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Thākura therefore says:
śrī gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, yebā jāne cintāmaṇi, tā'ra haya vrajabhūme vāsa
“Vrajabhūmi” refers to Mathurā-Vṛndāvana, and Gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi includes Navadvīpa. These two places are nondifferent. There-