Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.50.57

tatra yoga-prabhāvena

nītvā sarva-janaḿ hariḥ

prajā-pālena rāmeṇa

kṛṣṇaḥ samanumantritaḥ

nirjagāma pura-dvārāt

padma-mālī nirāyudhaḥ

SYNONYMS

tatra — there; yoga — of His mystic potency; prabhāvena — by the power; nītvā — bringing; sarva — all; janam — His subjects; hariḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; prajā — of the citizens; pālena — by the protector; rāmeṇa — Lord Balarāma; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; samanumantritaḥ — advised; nirjagāma — went out; pura — of the city; dvārāt — by the gate; padma — of lotus flowers; mālī — wearing a garland; nirāyudhaḥ — without weapons.

TRANSLATION

After transporting all His subjects to the new city by the power of His mystic Yogamāyā, Lord Kṛṣṇa consulted with Lord Balarāma, who had remained in Mathurā to protect it. Then, wearing a garland of lotuses but bearing no weapons, Lord Kṛṣṇa went out of Mathurā by its main gate.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī quotes the following verses from Śrī Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, to describe how Lord Kṛṣṇa transferred the citizens from Mathurā to Dvārakā:

suṣuptān mathurāyān tu

paurāḿs tatra janārdanaḥ

uddhṛtya sahasā rātrau

dvārakāyāḿ nyaveśayat

prabuddhās te janāḥ sarve

putra-dāra-samanvitāḥ

haima-harmya-tale viṣṭā

vismayaḿ paramaḿ yayuḥ

"In the middle of the night, as the citizens of Mathurā slept, Lord Janārdana suddenly removed them from that city and placed them in Dvārakā. When the men awoke, they were all amazed to find themselves, their children and their wives sitting inside palaces made of gold."

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Fiftieth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā."

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