Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 50: Kṛṣṇa Establishes the City of Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.50.13-14

paśyārya vyasanaḿ prāptaḿ

yadūnāḿ tvāvatāḿ prabho

eṣa te ratha āyāto

dayitāny āyudhāni ca

etad-arthaḿ hi nau janma

sādhūnām īśa śarma-kṛt

trayo-viḿśaty-anīkākhyaḿ

bhūmer bhāram apākuru

SYNONYMS

paśya — please see; ārya — respected one; vyasanam — the danger; prāptam — now present; yadūnām — for the Yadus; tvā — by You; avatām — who are protected; prabho — My dear master; eṣaḥ — this; te — Your; rathaḥ — chariot; āyātaḥ — has come; dayitāni — favorite; āyudhāni — weapons; ca — and; etat-artham — for this purpose; hi — indeed; nau — Our; janma — birth; sādhūnām — of the saintly devotees; īśaO Lord; śarma — the benefit; kṛt — doing; trayaḥ-viḿśati — twenty-three; anīka — armies; ākhyamin terms of; bhūmeḥ — of the earth; bhāram — burden; apākuru — please remove.

TRANSLATION

[The Supreme Lord said:] My respected elder brother, see this danger which has beset Your dependents, the Yadus! And see, dear master, how Your personal chariot and favorite weapons have come before You. The purpose for which We have taken birth, My Lord, is to secure the welfare of Our devotees. Please now remove from the earth the burden of these twenty-three armies.

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