CHAPTER ELEVEN
Lord Krsna’s Entrance into Dvaraka

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AMAT ASAT GAARA SH |
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suta uvaca
anartan sa upavrajya
surddhan jana-padan svakan
dadhmau daravaram tesam
visddam samayann iva

sitah uvaca—Siita Gosvami said; anartan—the country known as
Anartan (Dvaraka); sah— He; upavraj ya—reaching the border of; surddhan—
most prosperous; jana-padan—city; svakan—His own; dadhmau—sounded;
daravaram—the auspicious conchshell (Paficajanya); tesam—of them;
visadam—dejection; samayan—pacifying; iva—seemingly.

TRANSLATION

Sita Gosvami said: The Lord, upon reaching the border of His most
prosperous metropolis, known as the country of the Anartas [Dvaraka],
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
Dvaraka for a considerably long period because of the Battle of Kuru-
ksetra, and thus all the inhabitants were overcome with melancholia due to

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