Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 66: Pauṇḍraka, the False Vasudeva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.66.36

akṣaiḥ sabhāyāḿ krīḍantaḿ

bhagavantaḿ bhayāturāḥ

trāhi trāhi tri-lokeśa

vahneḥ pradahataḥ puram

SYNONYMS

akṣaiḥ — with dice; sabhāyāmin the royal court; krīḍantam — playing; bhagavantamto the Personality of Godhead; bhaya — with fear; āturāḥ — agitated; trāhi trāhi — (they said) "Save us! Save us!"; tri — three; loka — of the worlds; īśaO Lord; vahneḥ — from the fire; pradahataḥ — which is burning up; puram — the city.

TRANSLATION

Distraught with fear, the people cried out to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was then playing at dice in the royal court: "Save us! Save us, O Lord of the three worlds, from this fire burning up the city!"

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