SB 1.7.32

प्रजोपद्रवमालक्ष्य लोकव्यतिकरं च तम् ।
मतं च वासुदेवस्य सञ्जहारार्जुनो द्वयम् ॥ ३२ ॥
prajopadravam ālakṣya loka-vyatikaraṁ ca tam
mataṁ ca vāsudevasya sañjahārārjuno dvayam

Synonyms

ālakṣya — perceiving; upadravam — the calamity; prajā — [that had befallen] humanity; ca — as well as; tam — that; vyatikaram — destruction [that reversal to the normal progression of cosmic affairs, meaning the sudden destruction (vyatyayaṁ nāśam ity arthaḥ)124]; loka — [of] the worlds [of the atmospheric world and so on (lokānāṁ bhuvādīnām)125]; ca — and; [intuiting (ālakṣya)126]; matam — the intent [abhiprāyam127]; vāsudevasya — of Vāsudeva [Kṛṣṇa]; arjunaḥ — Arjuna; sañjahāra — retracted [upasaṁhṛtavān128]; dvayam — both missiles [brahmāstra-dvayam].

Translation

Perceiving the calamity that had befallen humanity as well as the [impending] destruction of the worlds, and intuiting the intent of Vāsudeva [Kṛṣṇa], Arjuna retracted both missiles.

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