Arjuna in an Ascetic's Guise Meets Krishna at Prabhasa

Verse 1 (1.238.1)

सोऽपरान्तेषु तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । सर्वाण्येवानुपूर्व्येण जगामामितविक्रमः ॥

so'parānteṣu tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | sarvāṇyevānupūrvyeṇa jagāmāmitavikramaḥ

In due order that hero of boundless valour went to all the sacred fords and holy shrines in the western lands.

Verse 2 (1.238.2)

समुद्रे पश्चिमे यानि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । तानि सर्वाणि गत्वा स प्रभासमुपजग्मिवान् ॥

samudre paścime yāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | tāni sarvāṇi gatvā sa prabhāsamupajagmivān

Having visited all the fords and shrines along the western sea, he came to Prabhasa.

Note on the text: Matches the critical edition 1.210.2 (missed by the automatic alignment).

Verse 3 (1.238.3)

चिन्तयामास रात्रौ तु गदेन कथितं पुरा । सुभद्रायाश्च माधुर्यरूपसंपद्गुणानि च ॥

cintayāmāsa rātrau tu gadena kathitaṃ purā | subhadrāyāśca mādhuryarūpasaṃpadguṇāni ca

There at night he thought about what Gada had told him earlier — Subhadra's sweetness, her beauty, and her wealth of virtues.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) at the start of the verse, where a passage found only in the vulgate begins (it runs to verse 20). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 4 (1.238.4)

प्राप्तुं तां चिन्तयामास कोऽत्रोपायो भवेदिति । वेषवैकृत्यमापन्नः परिव्राजकरूपधृत् ॥

prāptuṃ tāṃ cintayāmāsa ko'tropāyo bhavediti | veṣavaikṛtyamāpannaḥ parivrājakarūpadhṛt

He pondered how he might win her, and what the means might be: "Altering my appearance and taking the form of a wandering mendicant,

Note on the text: Corrected प्राप्तुमं → प्राप्तुं (misprint in Wikisource; a stray akshara; the apparatus reads prāptuṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 5 (1.238.5)

कुकुरान्धकवृष्णीनामज्ञातो वेषधारणात् । भ्रममाणश्चरन्भैक्षं परिव्राजकवेषवान् ॥

kukurāndhakavṛṣṇīnāmajñāto veṣadhāraṇāt | bhramamāṇaścaranbhaikṣaṃ parivrājakaveṣavān

unrecognised by the Kukuras, Andhakas and Vrishnis because of my disguise, wandering and living on alms in a mendicant's dress,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 6 (1.238.6)

येनकेनाप्युपायेन प्रविश्य च गृहं महत् । दृष्ट्वा सुभद्रां कृष्णस्य भगिनीमेकसुन्दरीम् ॥

yenakenāpyupāyena praviśya ca gṛhaṃ mahat | dṛṣṭvā subhadrāṃ kṛṣṇasya bhaginīmekasundarīm

by some means or other I shall enter that great house and see Subhadra, Krishna's sister, beautiful beyond all others;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 7 (1.238.7)

वासुदेवमतं ज्ञात्वा करिष्यामि हितं शुभम् । एवं विनिश्चयं कृत्वा दीक्षितो वै तदाऽभवत् ॥

vāsudevamataṃ jñātvā kariṣyāmi hitaṃ śubham | evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā dīkṣito vai tadā'bhavat

and learning Vasudeva's mind, I shall do what is good and fitting." Having made this resolve, he then took an ascetic's initiation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 8 (1.238.8)

त्रिदण्डी मुण्डितः कुण्डी अक्षमालाङ्गुलीयकः । योगभारं वहन्पार्थो वटवृक्षस्य कोटरम् ॥

tridaṇḍī muṇḍitaḥ kuṇḍī akṣamālāṅgulīyakaḥ | yogabhāraṃ vahanpārtho vaṭavṛkṣasya koṭaram

With triple staff, shaven head and water-pot, with a rosary and a ring, Partha, bearing the burden of yoga, the hollow of a banyan tree

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 9 (1.238.9)

प्रविशंश्चैव बीभत्सुर्वृष्टिं वर्षति वासवे । चिन्तयामास देवेशं केशवं क्लेशनाशनम् ॥

praviśaṃścaiva bībhatsurvṛṣṭiṃ varṣati vāsave | cintayāmāsa deveśaṃ keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam

Bibhatsu entered while Vasava poured down rain; and there he fixed his thoughts on Keshava, lord of the gods, who destroys all distress.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 10 (1.238.10)

केशवश्चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा दिव्यज्ञानेन दृष्टवान् । शयानः शयने दिव्ये सत्यभामासहायवान् ॥

keśavaścintitaṃ jñātvā divyajñānena dṛṣṭavān | śayānaḥ śayane divye satyabhāmāsahāyavān

Keshava, knowing that he was being thought of, saw him through his divine knowledge as he lay on his heavenly bed with Satyabhama beside him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 11 (1.238.11)

केशवः सहसा राजञ्जहास च ननन्द च । पुनः पुनः सत्यभामा चाब्रवीत्पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥

keśavaḥ sahasā rājañjahāsa ca nananda ca | punaḥ punaḥ satyabhāmā cābravītpuruṣottamam

All at once Keshava laughed, O king, and was delighted. Again and again Satyabhama asked the Supreme Person:

Note on the text: Corrected जहाय → जहास (misprint in Wikisource; जहाय is not a valid form; the apparatus reads jahāsa, and verse 12 has जहास). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 12 (1.238.12)

भगवंश्चिन्तयाविष्टः शयने शयितः सुखम् । भवान्बहुप्रकारेण जहास च पुनः पुनः ॥

bhagavaṃścintayāviṣṭaḥ śayane śayitaḥ sukham | bhavānbahuprakāreṇa jahāsa ca punaḥ punaḥ

"My lord, as you lie here comfortably on your bed, lost in thought, you have laughed again and again in so many ways.

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyabhama's words, without a printed heading (the apparatus marks her as speaker here). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 13 (1.238.13)

श्रोतव्यं यदि वा कृष्ण प्रसादो यदि ते मयि । वक्तुमर्हसि देवेश तच्छ्रोतुं कामयाम्यहम् ॥

śrotavyaṃ yadi vā kṛṣṇa prasādo yadi te mayi | vaktumarhasi deveśa tacchrotuṃ kāmayāmyaham

If it is something that may be heard, Krishna, and if you are kindly disposed to me, please tell me, lord of the gods; I long to hear it."

Note on the text: Speaker: Satyabhama's words, without a printed heading. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 14 (1.238.14)

पितृष्वसुर्यः पुत्रो मे भीमसेनानुजोऽर्जुनः । तीर्थयात्रां गतः पार्थः कारणात्समयात्तदा ॥

pitṛṣvasuryaḥ putro me bhīmasenānujo'rjunaḥ | tīrthayātrāṃ gataḥ pārthaḥ kāraṇātsamayāttadā

My father's sister's son, Arjuna, the younger brother of Bhimasena — Partha — went on a pilgrimage to the sacred fords because of an agreement.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 15 (1.238.15)

तीर्थयात्रासमाप्तौ तु निवृत्तो निशि भारतः । सुभद्रां चिन्तयामास रूपेणाप्रतिमां भुवि ॥

tīrthayātrāsamāptau tu nivṛtto niśi bhārataḥ | subhadrāṃ cintayāmāsa rūpeṇāpratimāṃ bhuvi

At the end of his pilgrimage, turning back, that descendant of Bharata thought at night of Subhadra, whose beauty has no equal on earth.

Note on the text: Corrected सुभध्रां → सुभद्रां (misprint in Wikisource; wrong conjunct in the name). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 16 (1.238.16)

चिन्तयन्नेव तां भद्रां यतिरूपधरोऽर्जुनः । यतिरूपप्रतिच्छन्नो द्वारकां प्राप्य माधवीम् ॥

cintayanneva tāṃ bhadrāṃ yatirūpadharo'rjunaḥ | yatirūpapraticchanno dvārakāṃ prāpya mādhavīm

Thinking only of that gentle lady, Arjuna has taken on the form of an ascetic: "Hidden in an ascetic's guise, I shall reach Dvaraka, the city of the Madhavas,

Note on the text: Corrected चिन्तयेन्नेव → चिन्तयन्नेव (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign; the apparatus reads cintayann eva). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 17 (1.238.17)

येनकेनाप्युपायेन दृष्ट्वा तु वरवर्णिनीम् । वासुदेवमतं ज्ञात्वा प्रयतिष्ये मनोरथम् ॥

yenakenāpyupāyena dṛṣṭvā tu varavarṇinīm | vāsudevamataṃ jñātvā prayatiṣye manoratham

and by some means or other see that lovely woman; and learning Vasudeva's mind, I shall strive to fulfil my wish."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 18 (1.238.18)

एवं व्यवसितः पार्थो यतिलिङ्गेन पाण्डवः । छायायां वटवृक्षस्य वृष्टिं वर्षति वासवे ॥

evaṃ vyavasitaḥ pārtho yatiliṅgena pāṇḍavaḥ | chāyāyāṃ vaṭavṛkṣasya vṛṣṭiṃ varṣati vāsave

So resolved, Partha the Pandava, in the guise of an ascetic, in the shade of a banyan tree while Vasava rains,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 19 (1.238.19)

योगभारं वहन्नेव मानसं दुःखमाप्तवान् । एतदर्थं विजानीहि हसन्तं मां मुदा प्रिये ॥

yogabhāraṃ vahanneva mānasaṃ duḥkhamāptavān | etadarthaṃ vijānīhi hasantaṃ māṃ mudā priye

carrying the burden of yoga, has fallen into anguish of mind. Know, my dear, that this is why I am laughing with delight.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 20 (1.238.20)

भ्रातरं तव पश्येति सत्यभामां व्यसर्जयत् । तत उत्थाय शयनात्प्रस्थितो मधुसूदनः ॥

bhrātaraṃ tava paśyeti satyabhāmāṃ vyasarjayat | tata utthāya śayanātprasthito madhusūdanaḥ

Saying, "See, this is your brother," he sent Satyabhama away. Then, rising from his bed, Madhusudana set out.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Removed stray wiki marks (a doubled danda and a quote mark) at the end of the verse, where the vulgate passage that began at verse 3 ends. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (Appendix I, No. 113).

Verse 21 (1.238.21)

प्रभासदेशं संप्राप्तं बीभत्सुमपराजितम् । तीर्थान्यनुचरन्तं तं शुश्राव मधुसूदनः ॥

prabhāsadeśaṃ saṃprāptaṃ bībhatsumaparājitam | tīrthānyanucarantaṃ taṃ śuśrāva madhusūdanaḥ

Madhusudana heard that the unconquered Bibhatsu had reached the region of Prabhasa and was going round the sacred fords.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 22 (1.238.22)

चाराणां चैव वचनादेकाकी स जनार्दनः । तत्राभ्यगच्छत्कौन्तेयं महात्मातं स माधवः ॥

cārāṇāṃ caiva vacanādekākī sa janārdanaḥ | tatrābhyagacchatkaunteyaṃ mahātmātaṃ sa mādhavaḥ

On the word of his spies, Janardana went there alone; that great-souled Madhava went to the son of Kunti.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *2044); line 2 is a variant of the critical edition 1.210.4ab.

Verse 23 (1.238.23)

ददृशाते तदान्योन्यं प्रभासे कृष्णपाण्डवौ ॥

dadṛśāte tadānyonyaṃ prabhāse kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau

Then Krishna and the Pandava saw each other at Prabhasa.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). A single line in Wikisource; it corresponds to the critical edition 1.210.4cd.

Verse 24 (1.238.24)

तावन्योन्यं समाश्लिष्य पृष्ट्वा च कुशलं वने । आस्तां प्रियसखायौ तौ नरनारायणावृषी ॥

tāvanyonyaṃ samāśliṣya pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ vane | āstāṃ priyasakhāyau tau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

Embracing each other and asking after each other's welfare in the forest, the two dear friends, the seers Nara and Narayana, sat together.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 25 (1.238.25)

ततोऽर्जुनं वासुदेवस्तां चर्यां पर्यपृच्छत । किमर्थं पाण्डवैतानि तीर्थान्यनुचरस्युत ॥

tato'rjunaṃ vāsudevastāṃ caryāṃ paryapṛcchata | kimarthaṃ pāṇḍavaitāni tīrthānyanucarasyuta

Then Vasudeva asked Arjuna about his wanderings: "Why, Pandava, are you travelling round these sacred fords?"

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 26 (1.238.26)

ततोऽर्जुनो यथावृत्तं सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा । श्रुत्वोवाच च वार्ष्णेय एवमेतदिति प्रभुः ॥

tato'rjuno yathāvṛttaṃ sarvamākhyātavāṃstadā | śrutvovāca ca vārṣṇeya evametaditi prabhuḥ

Then Arjuna told him everything just as it had happened, and on hearing it the lord, the Varshneya, said, "So it is."

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Corrected ततोऽर्जनो → ततोऽर्जुनो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads tato 'rjuno).

Verse 27 (1.238.27)

तौ विहृत्य यथाकामं प्रभासे कृष्णपाण्डवौ । महीधरं रैवतकं वासायैवाभिजग्मतुः ॥

tau vihṛtya yathākāmaṃ prabhāse kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau | mahīdharaṃ raivatakaṃ vāsāyaivābhijagmatuḥ

After enjoying themselves as they pleased at Prabhasa, Krishna and the Pandava went to Mount Raivataka to stay.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 28 (1.238.28)

पूर्वमेव तु कृष्णस्य वचनात्तं महीधरम् । पुरुषा मण्डयाञ्चक्रुरुपजह्रुश्च भोजनम् ॥

pūrvameva tu kṛṣṇasya vacanāttaṃ mahīdharam | puruṣā maṇḍayāñcakrurupajahruśca bhojanam

At Krishna's command, men had already decorated that mountain beforehand and brought food there.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Corrected उपजह्रश्च → उपजह्रुश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign; the critical edition reads upajahruś ca).

Verse 29 (1.238.29)

प्रतिगृह्यार्जुनः सर्वमुपभुज्य च पाण्डवः । सहैव वासुदेवेन दृष्टवान्नटनर्तकान् ॥

pratigṛhyārjunaḥ sarvamupabhujya ca pāṇḍavaḥ | sahaiva vāsudevena dṛṣṭavānnaṭanartakān

Accepting it all and eating, Arjuna the Pandava watched the actors and dancers together with Vasudeva.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 30 (1.238.30)

अभ्यनुज्ञाय तान्सर्वानर्चयित्वा च पाण्डवः । सत्कृतं शयनं दिव्यमभ्यगच्छन्महामतिः ॥

abhyanujñāya tānsarvānarcayitvā ca pāṇḍavaḥ | satkṛtaṃ śayanaṃ divyamabhyagacchanmahāmatiḥ

Then, honouring them all and dismissing them, the wise Pandava went to the splendid bed that had been prepared for him.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Corrected शनं → शयनं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara; the critical edition reads śayanaṃ).

Verse 31 (1.238.31)

ततस्तत्र महाबाहुः शयानः शयने शुभे । तीर्थानां पल्वलानां च पर्वतानां च दर्शनम् । आपगानां वनानां च कथयामास सात्वते ॥

tatastatra mahābāhuḥ śayānaḥ śayane śubhe | tīrthānāṃ palvalānāṃ ca parvatānāṃ ca darśanam | āpagānāṃ vanānāṃ ca kathayāmāsa sātvate

There, lying on that fine bed, the mighty-armed one told the Satvata about what he had seen: the sacred fords, the lakes, the mountains, the rivers and the forests.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Line 1 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *2045); lines 2–3 are a variant of the critical edition 1.210.12.

Verse 32 (1.238.32)

एवं स कथयन्नेव निद्रया जनमेजय । कौन्तेयोऽपि हृतस्तस्मिञ्शयने स्वर्गसन्निभे ॥

evaṃ sa kathayanneva nidrayā janamejaya | kaunteyo'pi hṛtastasmiñśayane svargasannibhe

Even as he talked, O Janamejaya, the son of Kunti was carried off by sleep on that bed, which was like heaven.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 33 (1.238.33)

मधुरेणैव गीतेन वीणाशब्देन चैव ह । प्रबोध्यमानो बुबुधे स्तुतिभिर्मङ्गलैस्तथा ॥

madhureṇaiva gītena vīṇāśabdena caiva ha | prabodhyamāno bubudhe stutibhirmaṅgalaistathā

Roused by sweet singing and by the sound of the vina, and by hymns of praise and auspicious words, he awoke.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Corrected स्तता → स्तथा (misprint in Wikisource; तता is not a word; the critical edition reads tathā).

Verse 34 (1.238.34)

स कृत्वाऽवश्यकार्याणि वार्ष्णेयेनाभिनन्दितः । वार्ष्णेयं समनुज्ञाप्य तत्र वासमरोचयत् ॥

sa kṛtvā'vaśyakāryāṇi vārṣṇeyenābhinanditaḥ | vārṣṇeyaṃ samanujñāpya tatra vāsamarocayat

Having performed his necessary rites and been greeted warmly by the Varshneya, he took the Varshneya's leave and chose to stay on there.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Removed a stray wiki mark (backtick) at the start of line 2. Line 1 corresponds to the critical edition 1.210.15ab; line 2 is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *2046).

Verse 35 (1.238.35)

तथेत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवो भोजनं वै शशास ह । यतिरूपधरं पार्थं विसृज्य सहसा हरिः । रथेन काञ्चनाङ्गेन द्वारकामभिजग्मिवान् ॥

tathetyuktvā vāsudevo bhojanaṃ vai śaśāsa ha | yatirūpadharaṃ pārthaṃ visṛjya sahasā hariḥ | rathena kāñcanāṅgena dvārakāmabhijagmivān

Saying "So be it," Vasudeva gave orders for his meals; and leaving Partha there in his ascetic's guise, Hari went at once to Dvaraka in a chariot fitted with gold.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Removed a stray wiki quote mark at the end of line 2. Lines 1–2 are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *2046); line 3 corresponds to the critical edition 1.210.15cd.

Verse 36 (1.238.36)

अलङ्कृता द्वारका तु बभूव जनमेजय ॥

alaṅkṛtā dvārakā tu babhūva janamejaya

Dvaraka was decked out in festive array, O Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). A single line in Wikisource, corresponding to the critical edition 1.210.16ab; Wikisource's own footnote records that some manuscripts add the second line found in the critical edition (कुन्तीपुत्रस्य पूजार्थमपि निष्कुटकेष्वपि). Kept as printed.

Verse 37 (1.238.37)

दिदृक्षन्तश्च गोविन्दं द्वारकावासिनो जनाः । नरेन्द्रमार्गमाजग्मुस्तूर्णं शतसहस्रशः ॥

didṛkṣantaśca govindaṃ dvārakāvāsino janāḥ | narendramārgamājagmustūrṇaṃ śatasahasraśaḥ

Eager to see Govinda, the people of Dvaraka came hurrying to the royal highway in hundreds of thousands.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 38 (1.238.38)

क्षणार्धमपि वार्ष्णेया गोविन्दविरहाक्षमाः । कौतूहलसमाविष्टा भृशमुत्प्रेक्ष्य संस्थिताः ॥

kṣaṇārdhamapi vārṣṇeyā govindavirahākṣamāḥ | kautūhalasamāviṣṭā bhṛśamutprekṣya saṃsthitāḥ

The Vrishnis, who could not bear to be parted from Govinda even for half a moment, stood there gazing out intently, full of eagerness.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick at the start, a doubled danda and a quote mark at the end). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the critical edition gives it only in its apparatus (*2047).

Verse 39 (1.238.39)

अवलोकेषु नारीणां सहस्राणि शतानि च । भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकानां च समवायो महानभूत् ॥

avalokeṣu nārīṇāṃ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca | bhojavṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ ca samavāyo mahānabhūt

At the windows were hundreds and thousands of women, and there was a great gathering of the Bhojas, Vrishnis and Andhakas.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 40 (1.238.40)

स तथा सत्कृतः सर्वैर्भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकात्मजैः । अभिवाद्याभिवाद्यांश्च सर्वैश्च प्रतिनन्दितः ॥

sa tathā satkṛtaḥ sarvairbhojavṛṣṇyandhakātmajaiḥ | abhivādyābhivādyāṃśca sarvaiśca pratinanditaḥ

So honoured by all the sons of the Bhojas, Vrishnis and Andhakas, saluting those worthy of salutation and welcomed by all in return,

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 41 (1.238.41)

कुमारैः सर्वशो वीरः सत्कारेणाभिचोदितः । समानवयसः सर्वानाश्लिष्य स पुनःपुनः ॥

kumāraiḥ sarvaśo vīraḥ satkāreṇābhicoditaḥ | samānavayasaḥ sarvānāśliṣya sa punaḥpunaḥ

greeted with honour by all the young princes, the hero embraced all those of his own age again and again;

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36).

Verse 42 (1.238.42)

कृष्णः स्वभवनं रम्यं प्रविवेश महाबलः । प्रभासादागतं देव्यः सर्वाः कृष्णमपूजयन् ॥

kṛṣṇaḥ svabhavanaṃ ramyaṃ praviveśa mahābalaḥ | prabhāsādāgataṃ devyaḥ sarvāḥ kṛṣṇamapūjayan

then mighty Krishna entered his own lovely palace, and all the queens paid honour to Krishna, returned from Prabhasa.

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource carries श्रीभगवान् over from the heading before verse 14, but this is narration (Vaishampayana; note the vocative जनमेजय in verses 32 and 36). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; apparatus *2048); Wikisource's footnote records that some manuscripts read instead the critical edition's 1.210.21 (कृष्णस्य भवने रम्ये …).