तत्तद्वत्सान्पृथङ्नीत्वा तत्तद्गोष्ठे निवेश्य सः तत्तदात्माभवद्राजंस्तत्तत्सद्म प्रविष्टवान्
tat-tad-vatsān pṛthaṅ nītvā tat-tad-goṣṭhe niveśya saḥ tat-tad-ātmābhavad rājaṁs tat-tat-sadma praviṣṭavān
Synonyms
tat-tat-vatsān—the calves, which belonged to different cows; pṛthak—separately; nītvā—bringing; tat-tat-goṣṭhe—to their respective cow sheds; niveśya—entering; saḥ—Kṛṣṇa; tat-tat-ātmā—as originally different individual souls; abhavat—He expanded Himself in that way; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; tat-tat-sadma—their respective houses; praviṣṭavān—entered (Kṛṣṇa thus entered everywhere)..
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Kṛṣṇa, who had divided Himself as different calves and also as different cowherd boys, entered different cow sheds as the calves and then different homes as different boys.
Purport
Kṛṣṇa had many, many friends, of whom Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala were prominent. Thus Kṛṣṇa Himself became Śrīdāmā, Sudāmā and Subala and entered their respective houses with their respective calves.