Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1


Sanskrit:

श्रीशुक उवाचस्तुवतस्तस्य भगवान् दर्शयित्वा जले वपु: ।भूय: समाहरत् कृष्णो नटो नाट्यमिवात्मन: ॥ १ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śuka uvācastuvatas tasya bhagavāndarśayitvā jale vapuḥbhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇonaṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While Akrūra was still offering prayers, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew His form that He had revealed in the water, just as an actor winds up his performance.

Purport:

Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew from Akrūra’s sight the Viṣṇu form along with the vision of the spiritual sky and its eternal inhabitants.