Text 3] Vidura Approaches Maitreya 121
TEXT 3
ANA AAACN Tt THISTT A: |
wets = =—|—- aqounitag tl 3 I
bhagavan svdtmamayaya
gatim tam avalokya sah
sarasvatim upasprsya
urksa-mitlam upavisat

bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; sva-atma-mayaya—by His internal
potency ; gatim—the end; tam—that; avalok ya—foresecing; sah—He (Krsna);
sarasvatim— the River Sarasvati; upasprsya—after sipping water; urksa-milam
—at the foot of a tree; upavisat—sat down.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead, Lord Sti Krsna, after foreseeing the end
[of His family] by His internal potency, went to the bank of the River
Sarasvati and sat down there underneath a tree.

PURPORT

All the above-mentioned activities of the Yadus and Bhojas were
executed by the internal potency of the Lord because He wanted them to
be dispatched to their respective abodes after He had finished His mission
of descent. They were all His sons and grandsons and were given complete
protection by the paternal affection of the Lord. How they could be
vanquished in the presence of the Lord is answered in this verse: every thing
was done by the Lord Himself (sudtma maya yah). The Lord’s family
members were either incarnations of His plenary expansions or demigods
from the heavenly planets, and thus before His departure He separated
them by His internal potency. Before being dispatched to their respective
abodes, they were sent to the holy place of Prabhasa, where they
performed pious activities and took food and drink to their heart’s con-
tent. It was then arranged for them to be sent back to their abodes so that
others could see that the powerful Yadu dynasty was no longer in the
world. In the previous verse, the word anujnata, indicating that the whole
sequence of events was arranged by the Lord, is significant. These
particular pastimes of the Lord are not a manifestation of His external
energy or material nature. Such an exhibition of His internal potency is
