Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.68

evaḿ sabhājito gopaiḥ

kṛṣṇa-bhaktyā narādhipa

uddhavaḥ punar āgacchan

mathurāḿ kṛṣṇa-pālitām

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; sabhājitaḥ — shown honor; gopaiḥ — by the cowherds; kṛṣṇa-bhaktyā — with devotion for Kṛṣṇa; nara-adhipa — O ruler of men (Parīkṣit); uddhavaḥ — Uddhava; punaḥ — again; āgacchat — returned; mathurām — to Mathurā; kṛṣṇa-pālitām — which was being protected by Lord Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O ruler of men, thus honored by the cowherd men with expressions of devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava went back to the city of Mathurā, which was under Kṛṣṇa's protection.

PURPORT

The word kṛṣṇa-pālitām indicates that even though Uddhava became quite attached to the land of Vṛndāvana, he returned to Mathurā because Śrī Kṛṣṇa was personally displaying His transcendental pastimes there.

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