“Being inquisitive as to how Kṛṣṇa was managing His household affairs with so many wives, Nārada desired to see these pastimes and so set out to visit Kṛṣṇa’s different homes. When Nārada arrived in Dvārakā, he saw that the gardens and parks were full of various flowers of different colors and orchards that were overloaded with a variety of fruits. Beautiful birds were chirping, and peacocks were delightfully crowing. There were tanks and ponds full of blue and red lotus flowers, and some of these sites were filled with varieties of lilies. The lakes were full of nice swans and cranes, whose voices resounded everywhere. In the city there were as many as 900,000 great palaces built of first-class marble, with gates and doors made of silver. The posts of the houses and palaces were bedecked with jewels such as touchstone, sapphires and emeralds, and the floors gave off a beautiful luster. The highways, lanes, streets, crossings and marketplaces were all beautifully decorated. The whole city was full of residential homes, assembly houses and temples, all of different architectural beauty. All of this made Dvārakā a glowing city. The big avenues, crossings, lanes and streets, and also the thresholds of every residential house, were very clean. On both sides of every path there were bushes, and at regular intervals there were large trees that shaded the avenues so that the sunshine would not bother the passersby.”

«Al sentir curiosidad por saber cómo manejaba Kṛṣṇa los asuntos domésticos con tantas esposas, Nārada deseó ver esos pasatiempos y se dispuso a visitar los diferentes hogares de Kṛṣṇa. Cuando Nārada llegó a Dvārakā, vio que los jardines y parques estaban llenos de diversas flores de diferentes colores y huertos repletos de una variedad de frutas. Hermosos pájaros gorjeaban y los pavos reales cantaban deliciosamente. Había tanques y estanques llenos de flores de loto azules y rojas, algunos de estos sitios estaban llenos de variedades de lirios. Los lagos estaban llenos de simpáticos cisnes y grullas, cuyas voces resonaban por todas partes. En la ciudad había hasta 900,000 grandes palacios construidos con mármol de primera calidad, con portones y puertas de plata. Los postes de las casas y palacios estaban adornados con joyas como piedras de toque, zafiros y esmeraldas; los pisos despedían un hermoso brillo. Las carreteras, carriles, calles, cruces y mercados estaban todos bellamente decorados. Toda la ciudad estaba llena de casas residenciales, casas de asamblea y templos, todos de diferente belleza arquitectónica. Todo esto hizo de Dvārakā una ciudad resplandeciente. Las grandes avenidas, cruces, carriles y calles, así como los umbrales de cada casa residencial, estaban muy limpios. A ambos lados de cada camino había arbustos, a intervalos regulares grandes árboles que daban sombra a las avenidas para que el sol no molestara a los transeúntes».