SB 1.15.14

Synonyms

yat⁷⁹-bāndhavaḥ — with Him [Śrī Kṛṣṇa] as my friend [on the basis of Bhagavān’s friendship alone (bhagavad-bandhutvenaiva)⁸⁰]; aham — I; ekaḥ — alone [(eva);⁸¹ unassisted (asahāyaḥ)⁸²]; rathena — by [i.e., on] chariot; tatare — crossed over [tīrṇavān]; ananta-pāram — the limitless [both in terms of depth and span (nāsty anto gāmbhīryeṇa pārañ ca deśato yasya tam)]; abdhim — ocean; kuru-bala — [of] the Kuru’s military might [kaurava-sainya]; [teeming with]; atīrya — invincible [dustarāṇi]; sattvam — sea creatures [such as Bhīṣma, who is compared to the monstrous timiṅgila whale (timiṅgilādīṇi bhīṣmādi-rūpāṇi yasmin)]; [again, it was by virtue of His friendship (tathā yad-bāndhavena)⁸³]; bahu — [that] the vast; dhanam ca — wealth [of cows (go-dhanam), captured by Bhīṣma and company (bhīṣmādīn tair nītam);⁸⁴ in the kingdom of Virāṭa (virāṭa-pure)]; pratyāhṛtam — was recovered; mayā — by me; ca — and; pareṣām — the enemies’ [śatrūṇām⁸⁵]; tejaḥ-āspadam — turbans that represented the seat of their power [prabhāvasyāspadam uṣṇi-rūpam]; maṇi-mayam — bedecked with jeweled crowns [mukuṭa-ratna-rūpam]; hṛtam — were stripped; śirobhyaḥ — from their heads; [by me (mayā), while I confounded them with my weapon of mystification (tān mohanāstreṇa mohayitvā); in all of this, Kṛṣṇa’s friendship alone was the cause (atra bandhutvam eva nimittam)⁸⁶].

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