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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 8]
Kṛṣṇa's mouth to see the evidence so that she could chastise Him. Sometimes she assumed the position of a chastising mother, and at the next moment she was overwhelmed with maternal love. After describing all this to Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, at Mahārāja Parīkṣit's request, praised the fortune of mother Yaśodā and Nanda. Nanda and Yaśodā were formerly Droṇa and Dharā, and by the order of Brahmā they came to this earth and had the Supreme Personality of Godhead as their son.
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
गर्गः पुरोहितो राजन् यदूनां सुमहातपाः । व्रजं जगाम नन्दस्य वसुदेवप्रचोदितः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca gargaḥ purohito rājan yadūnām sumahā-tapāḥ vrajam jagāma nandasya vasudeva-pracoditaḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; gargaḥ—Gargamuni; purohitaḥ—the priest; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; yadūnām—of the Yadu dynasty; su-mahā-tapāḥ—highly elevated in austerity and penance; vrajam—to the village known as Vrajabhūmi; jagāma—went; nandasya—of Mahārāja Nanda; vasudeva-pracoditaḥ—being inspired by Vasudeva.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, the priest of the Yadu dynasty, namely Gargamuni, who was highly elevated in austerity and penance, was then inspired by Vasudeva to go see Nanda Mahārāja at his home.
TEXT 2
तं दृष्ट्वा परमप्रीतः प्रत्युत्थाय कृताञ्जलिः । आन्वर्धिक्षजधिया प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् ॥ २ ॥