SB 10.69.36
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 36
- avyakta-lingaṁ prakṛtiṣv
- antaḥ-pura-gṛhādiṣu
- kvacic carantaṁ yogeśaṁ
- tat-tad-bhāva-bubhutsayā
SYNONYMS
avyakta — hidden; liṅgam — His identity; prakṛtiṣu — among His ministers; antaḥ-pura — of the royal precincts; gṛha-ādiṣu — among the residences, etc.; kvacit — somewhere; carantam — moving about; yoga-īśam — the Lord of mystic power; tat-tat — of each of them; bhāva — the mentalities; bubhutsayā — with the desire to know.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Somewhere Kṛṣṇa, 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.
PURPORT
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa is all-knowing, while executing His pastimes as a typical monarch He sometimes traveled about incognito to acquire necessary information about His kingdom.