ŚB 10.41.1
Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
स्तुवतस्तस्य भगवान् दर्शयित्वा जले वपु: ।
भूय: समाहरत् कृष्णो नटो नाट्यमिवात्मन: ॥ १ ॥
स्तुवतस्तस्य भगवान् दर्शयित्वा जले वपु: ।
भूय: समाहरत् कृष्णो नटो नाट्यमिवात्मन: ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
stuvatas tasya bhagavān
darśayitvā jale vapuḥ
bhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇo
naṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ
stuvatas tasya bhagavān
darśayitvā jale vapuḥ
bhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇo
naṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; stuvataḥ — while praying; tasya — he, Akrūra; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; darśayitvā — having shown; jale — in the water; vapuḥ — His personal form; bhūyaḥ — again; samāharat — withdrew; kṛṣṇaḥ — Śrī Kṛṣṇa; naṭaḥ — an actor; nāṭyam — the performance; iva — as; ātmanaḥ — his own.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While Akrūra was still offering prayers, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew His form that He had revealed in the water, just as an actor winds up his performance.
Purport
Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew from Akrūra’s sight the Viṣṇu form along with the vision of the spiritual sky and its eternal inhabitants.