Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.30.6

striyo bālāś ca vṛddhāś ca

śańkhoddhāraḿ vrajantv itaḥ

vayaḿ prabhāsaḿ yāsyāmo

yatra pratyak sarasvatī

SYNONYMS

striyaḥ — the women; bālāḥ — children; ca — and; vṛddhāḥ — old men; ca — and; śańkha-uddhāram — to the holy place called Śańkhoddhāra (about halfway between Dvārakā and Prabhāsa); vrajantu — they should go; itaḥ — from here; vayam — we; prabhāsam — to Prabhāsa; yāsyāmaḥ — shall go; yatra — where; pratyak — flowing west; sarasvatī — the river Sarasvatī

TRANSLATION

The women, children and old men should leave this city and go to Śańkhoddhāra. We shall go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west.

PURPORT

The word vayam here refers to the able-bodied male members of the Yadu dynasty.

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