kasmÄn mukundo bhagavÄn
pitur gehÄd vrajaá¹ gataḥ
kva vÄsaá¹ jñÄtibhiḥ sÄrdhaá¹
ká¹›tavÄn sÄtvatÄá¹ patiḥ
kasmÄt - why; mukundaḥ - Kṛṣṇa, who can award liberation to everyone; bhagavÄn - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pituḥ - of His father (Vasudeva); gehÄt - from the house; vrajam - to VrajadhÄma, VrajabhÅ«mi; gataḥ - went; kva - where; vÄsam - placed Himself to live; jñÄtibhiḥ - His relatives; sÄrdham - with; ká¹›tavÄn - did so; sÄtvatÄm patiḥ - the master of all Vaiṣṇava devotees.
Why did Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, leave the house of His father, Vasudeva, and transfer Himself to the house of Nanda in Vá¹›ndÄvana? Where did the Lord, the master of the Yadu dynasty, live with His relatives in Vá¹›ndÄvana?
These are inquiries about the itinerary of Kṛṣṇa. Just after His birth in the house of Vasudeva in MathurÄ, Kṛṣṇa transferred Himself to Gokula, on the other side of the YamunÄ, and after some days He moved with His father, mother and other relatives to Nanda-grÄma, Vá¹›ndÄvana. MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it was very much eager to hear about Kṛṣṇa’s activities in Vá¹›ndÄvana. This entire canto of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is full of activities performed in Vá¹›ndÄvana and DvÄrakÄ. The first forty chapters describe Kṛṣṇa’s Vá¹›ndÄvana affairs, and the next fifty describe Kṛṣṇa’s activities in DvÄrakÄ. MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, to fulfill his desire to hear about Kṛṣṇa, requested Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« to describe these activities in full detail.
