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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.31

నన్దం చ మోక్ష్యతి భయాద్ వరుణస్య పాశాద్ గోపాన్ బిలేషు పిహితాన్ మయసూనునా చ । అహ్న్యాపృతం నిశి శయానమతిశ్రమేణ లోకం వికుణ్ఠముపనేష్యతి గోకులం స్మ ॥ ౩౧ ॥
nandaṁ ca mokṣyati bhayād varuṇasya pāśād
[nandam cha mokshyati bhayaad varunasya paashaad]
gopān bileṣu pihitān maya-sūnunā ca
[gopaan bileshu pihitaan maya-soonunaa cha]
ahny āpṛtaṁ niśi śayānam atiśrameṇa
[ahny aapritam nishi shayaanam atishramena]
lokaṁ vikuṇṭham upaneṣyati gokulaṁ sma
[lokam vikuntham upaneshyati gokulam sma]
nandam — unto Nanda (the father of Kṛṣṇa) ca — also mokṣyati — saves bhayāt — from the fear of varuṇasya — of Varuṇa, the demigod of water pāśāt — from the clutches of gopān — the cowherd men bileṣu — in the caves of the mountain pihitān — placed maya-sūnunā — by the son of Maya ca — also ahni āpṛtam — being very engaged during the daytime niśi — at night śayānam — lying down atiśrameṇa — because of hard labor lokam — planet vikuṇṭham — the spiritual sky upaneṣyati — He awarded gokulam — the highest planet sma — certainly.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nandaṁ ca mokṣyati bhayād varuṇasya pāśād
nandam
unto Nanda (the father of Kṛṣṇa)
ca
also
mokṣyati
saves
bhayāt
from the fear of
varuṇasya
of Varuṇa, the demigod of water
pāśāt
from the clutches of
gopān bileṣu pihitān maya-sūnunā ca
gopān
the cowherd men
bileṣu
in the caves of the mountain
pihitān
placed
maya-sūnunā
by the son of Maya
ca
also
ahny āpṛtaṁ niśi śayānam atiśrameṇa
ahni āpṛtam
being very engaged during the daytime
niśi
at night
śayānam
lying down
atiśrameṇa
because of hard labor
lokaṁ vikuṇṭham upaneṣyati gokulaṁ sma
lokam
planet
vikuṇṭham
the spiritual sky
upaneṣyati
He awarded
gokulam
the highest planet
sma
certainly.
Lord Kṛṣṇa saved His foster father, Nanda Mahārāja, from the fear of the demigod Varuṇa and released the cowherd boys from the caves of the mountain, for they were placed there by the son of Maya. Also, to the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, who were busy working during daytime and sleeping soundly at night because of their hard labor in the day, Lord Kṛṣṇa awarded promotion to the highest planet in the spiritual sky. All these acts are transcendental and certainly prove without any doubt His Godhood.

Nanda Mahārāja, the foster father of Lord Kṛṣṇa, went to take his bath in the river Yamunā in the dead of night, mistakenly thinking that the night was already over; thus the demigod Varuṇa took him to the Varuṇa planet just to have a look at the Personality of Godhead Lord Kṛṣṇa, who appeared there to release His father. Actually there was no arrest of Nanda Mahārāja by Varuṇa because the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana were always engaged in thinking of Kṛṣṇa, in constant meditation on the Personality of Godhead in a particular form of samādhi, or trance of bhakti-yoga. They had no fear of the miseries of material existence. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is confirmed that to be in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead by full surrender in transcendental love frees one from the miseries inflicted by the laws of material nature. Here it is clearly mentioned that the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana were extensively busy in the hard labor of their day’s work, and due to the day’s hard labor they were engaged in sound sleep at night. So practically they had very little time to devote to meditation or to the other paraphernalia of spiritual activities. But factually they were engaged in the highest spiritual activities only. Everything done by them was spiritualized because everything was dovetailed in their relationship with Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The central point of activities was Kṛṣṇa, and as such, the so-called activities in the material world were saturated with spiritual potency. That is the advantage of the way of bhakti-yoga. One should discharge one’s duty on Lord Kṛṣṇa’s behalf, and all one’s actions will be saturated with Kṛṣṇa thought, the highest pattern of trance in spiritual realization.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He will deliver Nanda from the fearful ropes of Varuṇa and deliver the cowherd boys hidden in caves by Vyoma. He will take the inhabitants of Vraja, who will be busy looking for Nanda and Kṛṣṇa all day, and fall asleep exhausted at night, to Vaikuṇṭha-loka.
Commentary

He will deliver Nanda from the fearful ropes of Varuṇa. Nanda will fear that Varuṇa, binding him with ropes, will keep him in his planet because he had bathed at a forbidden time. But actually Nanda would not be bound up by Varuṇa, but would be taken to his planet for a few moments, so that Varuṇa could see Kṛṣṇa. And he delivered the cowherd boys hidden in the caves by Vyoma (maya-sūnunā). He will take the inhabitants of Vraja, who will be engaged all day long in looking for Kṛṣṇa and Nanda (who will be with Varuṇa) and fall asleep at night exhausted, to Vaikuṇṭha. [Note: This is actually Aiśvarya-goloka according his comments on SB 10.28. ]

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