Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8

Sanskrit:

तावद् व्रजौकसस्तत्र नन्दगोपादयोऽग्रत: ।पुरोपवनमासाद्य प्रतीक्षन्तोऽवतस्थिरे ॥ ८ ॥

ITRANS:

tāvad vrajaukasas tatrananda-gopādayo ’grataḥpuropavanam āsādyapratīkṣanto ’vatasthire

Translation:

Nanda Mahārāja and the other residents of Vṛndāvana, having reached Mathurā ahead of the chariot, had stopped at a garden on the outskirts of the city to wait for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.

Purport:

Nanda and the others reached Mathurā first because the chariot carrying Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma was delayed by Akrūra’s bathing.