Text 26] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka 54]

TEXT 26

Wa as Fra TAT |
aeq gar: fra: ofa:
AIAN AERA Wala 1124

aho alam slaghyatamam yadoh kulam
aho alah punyatamam madhorvanam

yad esa pumsam rsabhah sriyah patih
sva-janmand cankramanena cajicati

aho—oh: alam—verily; slaghyatamam—supremely glorified; yadoh—of
King Yadu; kulam— dynasty :aho—oh;alam—verily: punvatamam-—supreme-
ly virtuous; madhorvanam—the land of Mathura: yat—because; esah—this;
pumsam—of all the living beings: rsabhah—supreme leader; sriyah—of the
goddess of fortune; patih—husband; sva-janmana—by His appearance;
cankramanena—by crawling; ca aicati—glories.

TRANSLATION

Oh how supremely glorified is the dynasty of King Yadu, and how
virtuous is the land of Mathura where the supreme leader of all living
beings, the husband of the goddess of fortune, has taken His birth and
wandered in His childhood.

PURPORT

In the Bhagavad-gita the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna has ex-
pressively given a description of His transcendental appearance. disappear-
ance and activities. The Lord appears in a particular family or place by His
inconceivable potency. He does not take His birth as a conditioned soul
quits his body and accepts another body. But His birth is like the appearance
and disappearance of the sun. The sun arises on the eastern horizon, but
that does not mean that the eastern horizon is the parent of the sun. The-
sun is existent in every part of the solar system. but he becomes visible at
a scheduled time and so also becomes invisible at another scheduled time.
Similarly, the Lord appears in this universe like the sun and again leaves
