तत्तद्वत्सान्पृथङ्नीत्वा तत्तद्गोष्ठे निवेश्य स: । तत्तदात्माभवद् राजंस्तत्तत्सद्म प्रविष्टवान् ॥ २१ ॥
tat-tad-vatsān pṛthaṅ nītvā tat-tad-goṣṭhe niveśya saḥ tat-tad-ātmābhavad rājaṁs tat-tat-sadma praviṣṭavān
- 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)
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.