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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.24.66

జాతో గత: పితృగృహాద్ వ్రజమేధితార్థోహత్వా రిపూన్ సుతశతాని కృతోరుదార: ఉత్పాద్య తేషు పురుష: క్రతుభి: సమీజేఆత్మానమాత్మనిగమం ప్రథయఞ్జనేషు ॥ ౬౬ ॥
jāto gataḥ pitṛ-gṛhād vrajam edhitārtho
[jaato gatah pitri-grihaad vrajam edhitaartho]
hatvā ripūn suta-śatāni kṛtorudāraḥ
[hatvaa ripoon suta-shataani kritorudaarah]
utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ kratubhiḥ samīje
[utpaadya teshu purushah kratubhih sameeje]
ātmānam ātma-nigamaṁ prathayaṣ janeṣu
[aatmaanam aatma-nigamam prathayash janeshu]
jātaḥ — after taking birth as the son of Vasudeva gataḥ — went away pitṛ-gṛhāt — from the houses of His father vrajam — to Vṛndāvana edhita-arthaḥ — to exalt the position (of Vṛndāvana) hatvā — killing there ripūn — many demons suta-śatāni — hundreds of sons kṛta-urudāraḥ — accepting many thousands of wives, the best of women utpādya — begot teṣu — in them puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Person, who exactly resembles a human being kratubhiḥ — by many sacrifices samīje — worshiped ātmānam — Himself (because He is the person worshiped by all sacrifices) ātma-nigamam — exactly according to the ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedas prathayan — expanding the Vedic principles janeṣu — among the people in general.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
jāto gataḥ pitṛ-gṛhād vrajam edhitārtho
jātaḥ
after taking birth as the son of Vasudeva
gataḥ
went away
pitṛ-gṛhāt
from the houses of His father
vrajam
to Vṛndāvana
edhita-arthaḥ
to exalt the position (of Vṛndāvana)
hatvā ripūn suta-śatāni kṛtorudāraḥ
hatvā
killing there
ripūn
many demons
suta-śatāni
hundreds of sons
kṛta-urudāraḥ
accepting many thousands of wives, the best of women
utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ kratubhiḥ samīje
utpādya
begot
teṣu
in them
puruṣaḥ
the Supreme Person, who exactly resembles a human being
kratubhiḥ
by many sacrifices
samīje
worshiped
ātmānam ātma-nigamaṁ prathayaṣ janeṣu
ātmānam
Himself (because He is the person worshiped by all sacrifices)
ātma-nigamam
exactly according to the ritualistic ceremonies of the Vedas
prathayan
expanding the Vedic principles
janeṣu
among the people in general.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, known as līlā-puruṣottama, appeared as the son of Vasudeva but immediately left His father’s home and went to Vṛndāvana to expand His loving relationship with His confidential devotees. In Vṛndāvana the Lord killed many demons, and afterwards He returned to Dvārakā, where according to Vedic principles He married many wives who were the best of women, begot through them hundreds of sons, and performed sacrifices for His own worship to establish the principles of householder life.

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (15.15) , vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ: by all the Vedas, it is Kṛṣṇa who is to be known. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, setting an example by His own behavior, performed many ritualistic ceremonies described in the Vedas and established the principles of gṛhastha life by marrying many wives and begetting many children just to show people in general how to be happy by living according to Vedic principles. The center of Vedic sacrifice is Kṛṣṇa ( vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ ). To advance in human life, human society must follow the Vedic principles personally demonstrated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in His householder life. The real purpose of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance, however, was to manifest how one can take part in loving affairs with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Reciprocations of loving affairs in ecstasy are possible only in Vṛndāvana. Therefore just after His appearance as the son of Vasudeva, the Lord immediately left for Vṛndāvana. In Vṛndāvana, the Lord not only took part in loving affairs with His father and mother, the gopīs and the cowherd boys, but also gave liberation to many demons by killing them. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (4.8) , paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām: the Lord appears in order to protect the devotees and kill the demons. This was fully exhibited by His personal behavior. In Bhagavad-gītā the Lord is understood by Arjuna to be puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam — the eternal, transcendental Supreme Person. Here also we find the words utpādya teṣu puruṣaḥ. Therefore it is to be concluded that the Absolute Truth is puruṣa, a person. The impersonal feature is but one of the features of His personality. Ultimately, He is a person; He is not impersonal. And not only is He puruṣa, a person, but He is the līlā-puruṣottama, the best of all persons.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When he was born, Kṛṣṇa left Vasudeva’s house and went to Vraja in order to display to the world the highest prema. After killing the demons and liberating them, he married many women and produced hundreds of sons by them. As para brahman in human form, he worshipped himself through sacrifice and established path of the Vedas belonging to him alone, for the benefit of the people. “What are Kṛṣṇa’s birth and activities?” In response to this question, all at once, Śukadeva, in two verses, describes everything in summary, with a desire to satisfy his own longing and increase the longing of Parīkṣit. Kṛṣṇa went from Vasudeva’s house to Vraja, in order to increase (edhitārthaḥ), in order to reveal the greatest degree of the crest jewel of human goals, prema, since Kṛṣṇa’s primary goal in appearing was to display prema, and prema attained its highest peak in Vraja. He killed the enemies. One of his goals was to give liberation to the demons. In his wives, he produces hundreds of sons. This illustrated his establishment of dharma. He is called puruṣaḥ because he is para-brahman with a human form. He worshiped himself through sacrifice because there is no other person worthy of worship. Why did he worship? He did this to establish his own path of the Vedas.
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