Devanagari
शूरसेनो यदुपतिर्मथुरामावसन् पुरीम्
माथुराञ्छूरसेनांश्च विषयान् बुभुजे पुरा ॥ २७ ॥
Verse text
śūraseno yadupatir
mathurām āvasan purīm
māthurāṣ chūrasenāṁś ca
viṣayān bubhuje purā
Synonyms
śūrasenaḥ
—
King Śūrasena
;
yadu
—
patiḥ — the chief of the Yadu dynasty
;
mathurām
—
at the place known as Mathurā
;
āvasan
—
went to live
;
purīm
—
in that city
;
māthurān
—
at the place known as the Māthura district
;
śūrasenān ca
—
and the place known as Śūrasena
;
viṣayān
—
such kingdoms
;
bubhuje
—
enjoyed
;
purā
—
formerly .
Translation
Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Formerly, Śūrasena, the chief of the Yadu dynasty, had gone to live in the city of Mathurā. There he enjoyed the places known as Māthura and Śūrasena.
KB 10.1.27
The leader of the Yadu dynasty, King Śūrasena, was ruling over the country known as Māthura, wherein lies the city of Mathurā, as well as the district known as Śūrasena, which was named after him.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Now begins the description of Krsna’s appearance in Vasudeva’s house. First the suitable place of his birth is described. All perfect Krsna is eternally present in spiritual form in Mathura in the material world. It is there that Krsna appears and becomes visible to the eyes of people in this world. He does not come from Vaikuntha. But when he appears, his expansions from Vaikuntha and Svetadvipa join with him. After the pastimes are over, they return to their respective abodes. That they descend from Vaikuntha and later return there is mentioned in scripture. ( bhag. 3.2.15; paravareso...)
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
In order to explain that Kṛṣṇa would appear in Mathurā the reason is first given in two verses.
mathyate tu jagat sarvaṁ brahma-jñānena yena vā |
tat-sāra-bhūtaṁ yad yasyāṁ mathurā sā nigadyate ||
The place is called Mathurā because it stimulates the whole universe with spiritual knowledge, and because in Mathurā the essence of knowledge is extracted (mathyate).
Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad
The word vā means all other possibilities. Mathurā stimulates the world with knowledge of Brahman and bhakti-yoga. Because of Mathurā the world becomes filled with jñānīs and bhaktas. The jñāna and bhakti there become topmost because of the presence of Kṛṣṇa. All other things are destroyed there. Mathurā in the Upaniṣad refers to the district of Mathurā. The city of Mathurā is situated like the center of a lotus. Śūrasena enjoyed the places related to Mathurā, regions in the south and the areas well known as Śūrasena. He did this long ago. This is mentioned in the Ninth Canto.