SB 1.10.7–8

उषित्वा हास्तिनपुरे मासान्कतिपयान्हरिः ।
सुहृदां च विशोकाय स्वसुश्च प्रियकाम्यया ॥ ७ ॥
आमन्त्र्य चाभ्यनुज्ञातः परिष्वज्याभिवाद्य तम् ।
आरुरोह रथं कैश्चित्परिष्वक्तोऽभिवादितः ॥ ८ ॥
uṣitvā hāstinapure māsān katipayān hariḥ
suhṛdāṁ ca viśokāya svasuś ca priya-kāmyayā
āmantrya cābhyanujñātaḥ pariṣvajyābhivādya tam
āruroha rathaṁ kaiścit pariṣvakto’bhivāditaḥ

Synonyms

uṣitvā — after remaining [avasthāya23]; hāstinapure — in Hastināpura; katipayān — [for] a few; māsān — months; viśokāya — to console [vinodanāya]; suhṛdām ca — His friends and relatives [beginning with Yudhiṣṭhira (nija-premavatāṁ yudhiṣṭhirādīnām)]; ca — and; priya-kāmyayā — to please; svasuḥ — His sister [Subhadrā (sva-bhaginyāḥ subhadrāyāḥ)]; hariḥ — Hari [Kṛṣṇa]; āmantrya — requested Yudhiṣṭhira’s permission to leave [pṛṣṭvā]; ca — and; abhyanujñātaḥ — on receiving his approval; pariṣvajya — [He] embraced; abhivādya — [and] honored; tam — him; kaiścit pariṣvaktaḥ — being then embraced by others [of the same age, such as Arjuna (sva-samāna-vayaskair arjunādibhiḥ pariṣvakta āliṅgitaḥ)24]; abhivāditaḥ — [and] honored [by juniors, such as Nakula (nyūna-vayaskair nakulādibhiḥ)]; āruroha — [Kṛṣṇa] mounted; ratham — His chariot [and prepared to depart for Dvārakā (dvārakāṁ gantum iti śeṣaḥ)].

Translation

After remaining in Hastināpura for a few months to console His friends and relatives and to please His sister Subhadrā, Kṛṣṇa requested Yudhiṣṭhira’s permission to leave, and on receiving his approval, He embraced and honored him. Being then embraced by others of the same age and honored by juniors, Kṛṣṇa mounted His chariot [and prepared to depart for Dvārakā].

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