Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Lecture by H.G. Uddhav Ananda Prabhu on October 10, 2026

ŚB 10.1.26 श्रीशुक उवाच इत्यादिश्यामरगणान् प्रजापतिपतिर्विभु: । आश्वास्य च महीं गीर्भि: स्वधाम परमं ययौ ॥ २६ ॥ śrī-śuka uvāca ity ādiśyāmara-gaṇān prajāpati-patir vibhuḥ āśvāsya ca mahīṁ gīrbhiḥ sva-dhāma paramaṁ yayau Synonyms śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; ādiśya — after informing; amara-gaṇān — all the demigods; prajāpati-patiḥ — Lord Brahmā, the master of the Prajāpatis; vibhuḥ — all-powerful; āśvāsya — after pacifying; ca — also; mahīm — mother earth; gīrbhiḥ — by sweet words; sva-dhāma — his own planet, known as Brahmaloka; paramam — the best (within the universe); yayau — returned. Translation Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After thus advising the demigods and pacifying mother earth, the very powerful Lord Brahmā, who is the master of all other Prajāpatis and is therefore known as Prajāpati-pati, returned to his own abode, Brahmaloka. ŚB 10.1.27 शूरसेनो यदुपतिर्मथुरामावसन् पुरीम् । माथुराञ्छूरसेनांश्च विषयान् बुभुजे पुरा ॥ २७ ॥ śūraseno yadupatir mathurām āvasan purīm māthurāñ chūrasenāṁś ca viṣayān bubhuje purā Synonyms śūrasenaḥ — King Śūrasena; yadu-patiḥ — the chief of the Yadu dynasty; mathurām — at the place known as Mathurā; āvasan — went to live; purīm — in that city; māthurān — at the place known as the Māthura district; śūrasenān ca — and the place known as Śūrasena; viṣayān — such kingdoms; bubhuje — enjoyed; purā — formerly. Translation Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena. ŚB 10.1.28 राजधानी तत: साभूत्सर्वयादवभूभुजाम् । मथुरा भगवान् यत्र नित्यं सन्निहितो हरि: ॥ २८ ॥ rājadhānī tataḥ sābhūt sarva-yādava-bhūbhujām mathurā bhagavān yatra nityaṁ sannihito hariḥ Synonyms rājadhānī — the capital; tataḥ — from that time; sā — the country and the city known as Mathurā; abhūt — became; sarva-yādava-bhūbhujām — of all the kings who appeared in the Yadu dynasty; mathurā — the place known as Mathurā; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yatra — wherein; nityam — eternally; sannihitaḥ — intimately connected, living eternally; hariḥ — the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Translation Since that time, the city of Mathurā had been the capital of all the kings of the Yadu dynasty. The city and district of Mathurā are very intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa, for Lord Kṛṣṇa lives there eternally. Purport It is understood that Mathurā City is the transcendental abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa; it is not an ordinary material city, for it is eternally connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vṛndāvana is within the jurisdiction of Mathurā, and it still continues to exist. Because Mathurā and Vṛndāvana are intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa eternally, it is said that Lord Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvana (vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya padam ekaṁ na gacchati). At present, the place known as Vṛndāvana, in the district of Mathurā, continues its position as a transcendental place, and certainly anyone who goes there becomes transcendentally purified. Navadvīpa-dhāma is also intimately connected with Vrajabhūmi. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura therefore says: śrī gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, yebā jāne cintāmaṇi, tāra haya vrajabhūme vāsa “Vrajabhūmi” refers to Mathurā-Vṛndāvana, and Gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi includes Navadvīpa. These two places are nondifferent. Therefore, anyone living in Navadvīpa-dhāma, knowing Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be the same personality, lives in Vrajabhūmi, Mathurā-Vṛndāvana. The Lord has made it convenient for the conditioned soul to live in Mathurā, Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa and thus be directly connected with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply by living in these places, one can immediately come in contact with the Lord. There are many devotees who vow never to leave Vṛndāvana and Mathurā. This is undoubtedly a good vow, but if one leaves Vṛndāvana, Mathurā or Navadvīpa-dhāma for the service of the Lord, he is not disconnected from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At any rate, we must understand the transcendental importance of Mathurā-Vṛndāvana and Navadvīpa-dhāma. Anyone who executes devotional service in these places certainly goes back home, back to Godhead, after giving up his body. Thus the words mathurā bhagavān yatra nityaṁ sannihito hariḥ are particularly important. A devotee should fully utilize this instruction to the best of his ability. Whenever the Supreme Lord personally appears, He appears in Mathurā because of His intimate connection with this place. Therefore although Mathurā and Vṛndāvana are situated on this planet earth, they are transcendental abodes of the Lord.