तदभिज्ञोऽपि भगवान् सर्वात्मा सर्वदर्शन: । प्रश्रयावनतोऽपृच्छद् वृद्धान् नन्दपुरोगमान् ॥ २ ॥
tad-abhijño ’pi bhagavān sarvātmā sarva-darśanaḥ praśrayāvanato ’pṛcchad vṛddhān nanda-purogamān
- tat-abhijñaḥ
- being in full knowledge about it
- api
- although
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- sarva-ātmā
- the Supersoul within everyone’s heart
- sarva-darśanaḥ
- the omniscient Personality of Godhead
- praśraya-avanataḥ
- bowing down humbly
- apṛcchat
- He inquired
- vṛddhān
- from the elders
- nanda-puraḥ-gamān
- headed by Mahārāja Nanda
Being the omniscient Supersoul, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa already understood the situation, yet He still humbly inquired from the elders, headed by His father, Nanda Mahārāja.