śrī-bhagavān uvāca

nija-priya-tamāṁ yāhi

māthurīṁ tāṁ vraja-kṣitim

tat-tan-mat-parama-krīḍā-

sthaly-āvali-vibhūṣitām

The blessed Lord said: Go to Mathurā, to your dearest pasturing grounds, to the land adorned with many places of My varied supreme pastimes.