SB 1.16.34

यो वै ममातिभरमासुरवंशराज्ञाम् ।
अक्षौहिणीशतमपानुददात्मतन्त्रः ।
त्वां दुःस्थमूनपदमात्मनि पौरुषेण ।
सम्पादयन्यदुषु रम्यमबिभ्रदङ्गम् ॥ ३४ ॥
yo vai mamātibharam āsura-vaṁśa-rājñām
akṣauhiṇī-śatam apānudad ātma-tantraḥ
tvāṁ duḥstham ūna-padam ātmani pauruṣeṇa
sampādayan yaduṣu ramyam abibhrad aṅgam

Synonyms

yaḥ vai — He indeed [Śrī Kṛṣṇa161]; ātma-tantraḥ — who is utterly independent [sva-tantraḥ162]; apānudat — relieved [(apanītavān);163 or dispelled (durī-cakāra)164]; mama — my; ati-bharam — immense burden [atīva bhāra-rūpam165]; śatam — [consisting of] hundreds [(śata-rūpam); the word “hundred” here signifies thousands (śatam iti śabdaḥ sahasrādi-vācī)166]; akṣauhiṇī — [of] military divisions; rājñām — belonging to kings; āsura-vaṁśa — [born of] a demonic race [whose race was demonic (āsuro vaṁśo yeṣāṁ teṣām); or who previously belonged to a demonic race and were then born as kings (pūrve ye āsura-vaṁśā āsan tatrava rājānas teṣām);167 in other words, belonging to demons in the guise of kings (rāja-chadmāsurāṇām)]; [He also (tathā yaś ca)168]; abibhrat — manifested [(āviścakāra);169 or assumed (dhṛtavān)]; ramyam — [His] beautiful [ramaṇīyam170]; aṅgam — divine body [śrī-vigraham171]; yaduṣu — in the Yadu dynasty; sampādayan — to restore [sampādayitum]; tvām — you; ātmani — to wholeness [to effect your well-being by restoring all your legs (svasmin sampūrṇa-padaṁ sustham)]; pauruṣeṇa — by His supreme prowess [(puruṣa-kāreṇa); or omnipotence (sāmarthyena)172]; duḥstham — [when] you were imperiled [and disheartened (duḥkhitam)173]; ūna-padam — by the loss of your other three legs [(pāda-traya-hīnam);174 (ūna-padatvāt)].

Translation

He indeed [Śrī Kṛṣṇa], who is utterly independent, relieved my immense burden consisting of hundreds of military divisions belonging to kings born of a demonic race. He also manifested His beautiful divine body in the Yadu dynasty to restore you to wholeness by His supreme prowess, when you were imperiled and disheartened by the loss of your other three legs.

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