nandādayas tu taḿ dṛṣṭvā
paramānanda-nivṛtāḥ
kṛṣṇaḿ ca tatra cchandobhiḥ
stūyamānaḿ su-vismitāḥ
nanda-adayah -- the cowherd men headed by Nanda Maharaja; tu -- and; tam -- that; drishtva -- seeing; parama -- supreme; ananda -- by ecstasy; nivritah -- overwhelmed with joy; krishnam -- Lord Krishna; ca -- and; tatra -- there; chandobhih -- by the Vedic hymns; stuyamanam -- being praised; su -- very much; vismitah -- surprised.
Nanda Maharaja and the other cowherd men felt the greatest happiness when they saw that transcendental abode. They were especially amazed to see Krishna Himself there, surrounded by the personified Vedas, who were offering Him prayers.
Although the residents of Vrindavana considered themselves ordinary persons, Lord Krishna wanted them to know of their extraordinary good fortune. Thus, within a lake in the Yamuna River the Lord showed them His personal abode. The cowherd men were amazed to see that the kingdom of God had exactly the same spiritual atmosphere as their own earthly Vrindavana and that, just as in their Vrindavana Lord Krishna was personally present, in their unique vision He was present as the Lord of the spiritual world.
As Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura points out, these verses emphasize that Lord Krishna did not merely show the cowherd men a sample Vaikuntha planet but that He specifically revealed His Krishnaloka, the greatest of eternal abodes and the natural home of the residents of Vrindavana, who loved Krishna more than anyone else did.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to the Tenth Canto, Twenty-eighth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Krishna Rescues Nanda Maharaja from the Abode of Varuna."
