Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 43: Kṛṣṇa Kills the Elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.43.24

eṣa vai kila devakyāḿ

jāto nītaś ca gokulam

kālam etaḿ vasan gūḍho

vavṛdhe nanda-veśmani

SYNONYMS

eṣaḥ — this (Kṛṣṇa); vai — certainly; kila — indeed; devakyām — from the womb of Devaki; jātaḥ — born; nītaḥ — brought; ca — and; gokulamto Gokula; kālam — time; etam — this much; vasan — living; gūḍhaḥ — hidden; vavṛdheHe grew up; nanda-veśmaniin the house of Nanda Mahārāja.

TRANSLATION

This one [Kṛṣṇa] took birth from mother Devakī and was brought to Gokula, where He has remained concealed all this time, growing up in the house of King Nanda.

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