atha - then; apara-ahne - in the afternoon; bhagavān - the Supreme Lord; kṛṣṇaḥ - Kṛṣṇa; saṅkarṣaṇa-anvitaḥ - together with Lord Balarāma; mathurām - Mathurā; prāviśat - entered; gopaiḥ - by the cowherd boys; didṛkṣuḥ - wanting to see; parivāritaḥ - joined.

Lord Kṛṣṇa desired to see Mathurā, so toward evening He took Lord Balarāma and the cowherd boys with Him and entered the city.