ते तु ब्रह्मह्रदं नीता मग्ना: कृष्णेन चोद्धृता: । ददृशुर्ब्रह्मणो लोकं यत्राक्रूरोऽध्यगात् पुरा ॥ १६ ॥
te tu brahma-hradam nītā magnāḥ kṛṣṇena coddhṛtāḥ dadṛśur brahmaṇo lokaṁ yatrākrūro ’dhyagāt purā
- te
- they
- tu
- and
- brahma-hradam
- to the lake known as Brahma-hrada
- nītāḥ
- brought
- magnāḥ
- submerged
- kṛṣṇena
- by Kṛṣṇa
- ca
- and
- uddhṛtāḥ
- lifted out
- dadṛśuḥ
- they saw
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of the Absolute Truth
- lokam
- the transcendental planet
- yatra
- where
- akrūraḥ
- Akrūra
- adhyagāt
- saw
- purā
- previously
The cowherd men were brought by Lord Kṛṣṇa to the Brahma-hrada, made to submerge in the water, and then lifted up. From the same vantage point that Akrūra saw the spiritual world, the cowherd men saw the planet of the Absolute Truth.