avyakta-lingaḿ prakṛtiṣv
antaḥ-pura-gṛhādiṣu
kvacic carantaḿ yogeśaḿ
tat-tad-bhāva-bubhutsayā
avyakta -- hidden; lingam -- His identity; prakritishu -- among His ministers; antah-pura -- of the royal precincts; griha-adishu -- among the residences, etc.; kvacit -- somewhere; carantam -- moving about; yoga-isam -- the Lord of mystic power; tat-tat -- of each of them; bhava -- the mentalities; bubhutsaya -- with the desire to know.
Somewhere Krishna, the Lord of mystic power, was moving about in disguise among the homes of ministers and other citizens in order to understand what each of them was thinking.
Although Lord Krishna is all-knowing, while executing His pastimes as a typical monarch He sometimes traveled about incognito to acquire necessary information about His kingdom.
