SB 1.8.7–8

आमन्त्र्य पाण्डुपुत्रांश्च शैनेयोद्धवसंयुतः ।
द्वैपायनादिभिर्विप्रैः पूजितैः प्रतिपूजितः ॥ ७ ॥
गन्तुं कृतमतिर्ब्रह्मन्द्वारकां रथमास्थितः ।
उपलेभेऽभिधावन्तीमुत्तरां भयविह्वलाम् ॥ ८ ॥
āmantrya pāṇḍu-putrāṁś ca śaineyoddhava-saṁyutaḥ
dvaipāyanādibhir vipraiḥ pūjitaiḥ pratipūjitaḥ
gantuṁ kṛta-matir brahman dvārakāṁ ratham āsthitaḥ
upalebhe’bhidhāvantīm uttarāṁ bhaya-vihvalām

Synonyms

brahman — O brāhmaṇa [Śaunaka]; āmantrya — having taken leave [having requested permission to take leave (āpṛcchatha)20]; pāṇḍu-putrān — of Pāṇḍu’s sons; ca — and; pratipūjitaḥ — having been worshiped in turn; vipraiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; dvaipāyana-ādibhiḥ — headed by Dvaipāyana [Vyāsa (dvaipāyana ādir mukhyo yeṣām tair vipraiḥ)]; pūjitaiḥ — [who were first] worshiped; [by Him (ātmanā)]; [Kṛṣṇa]; saṁyutaḥ — accompanied [sahitaḥ]; śaineya — [by] Sātyaki [the grandson (naptā) of Śini21]; uddhava — [and] Uddhava; āsthitaḥ — mounted [ādhiṣṭhitaḥ]; ratham — a chariot; kṛta-matiḥ — with the intention [being of determined mind (niścita-matiḥ)]; gantum — to return; dvārakām — to Dvārakā; [just then (tadā)]; upalebhe — He saw [along the path (pathi dadarśa)]; uttarām — Uttarā [the mother of Parīkṣit (parīkṣin-mātaram)22]; abhidhāvantīm — rushing [toward Him (abhimukhaṁ dhāvantīm)]; bhaya-vihvalām — overcome with fear [bhaya-vyākulam].

Translation

O brāhmaṇa [Śaunaka], after taking leave of Pāṇḍu’s sons, and after having been worshiped in turn by the brāhmaṇas headed by Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, who were first worshiped by Him, Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Sātyaki and Uddhava, mounted a chariot with the intention to return to Dvārakā. Just then, He saw Uttarā rushing toward Him, overcome with fear.

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