व्रज
Also known as व्रजभूमि · Vrajabhumi
Vraja is the grazing country of the cowherds, including Nanda's own camp (nanda-vraja), and the chief setting of the tenth Skandha. In the third Skandha Uddhava tells Vidura that Krishna, brought there by Vasudeva in fear of Kamsa, lived in it for eleven years with Balarama, His radiance concealed (SB 3.2.26). Uddhava calls that stay a matter of wonder: the Lord of endless power dwelling in Vraja as though afraid of an enemy (SB 3.2.16). The women of Vraja forgot their duties watching His glances in the rasa (SB 3.2.14); the people of Vraja watched the play of His childhood (SB 3.2.28); and this same Vraja was sheltered from Indra's rain by the mountain held as an umbrella (SB 3.2.33).
Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 3.2.16 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned chapter page; Devanagari from the cross-validated transcription in validation/sanskrit_skandha3.json)
Brought by Vasudeva in fear of Kamsa, Krishna lived in Nanda's Vraja for eleven years with Balarama, His radiance concealed: 'ekAdashasamAs tatra gUDhArchiH sabalo 'vasat' (SB 3.2.26).
In the Vraja protected from Indra's rain by the mountain-umbrella, Krishna honored the face of night washed by the autumn moon's rays and delighted in the circle of the women, singing a well-measured song (SB 3.2.33-34).
