Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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; īśa — O Lord; śarma — the benefit; kṛt — doing; trayaḥ-viḿśati — twenty-three; anīka — armies; ākhyam — in 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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