श्रीशुक उवाच गोपा नन्दादय: श्रुत्वा द्रुमयो: पततोरवम् । तत्राजग्मु: कुरुश्रेष्ठ निर्घातभयशङ्किता: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca gopā nandādayaḥ śrutvā drumayoḥ patato ravam tatrājagmuḥ kuru-śreṣṭha nirghāta-bhaya-śaṅkitāḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- gopāḥ
- all the cowherd men
- nanda-ādayaḥ
- headed by Nanda Mahārāja
- śrutvā
- hearing
- drumayoḥ
- of the two trees
- patatoḥ
- falling down
- ravam
- the high sound, as terrible as a thunderbolt
- tatra
- there, on the spot
- ājagmuḥ
- went
- kuru-śreṣṭha
- O Mahārāja Parīkṣit
- nirghāta-bhaya-śaṅkitāḥ
- who were afraid of falling thunderbolts
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, when the yamala-arjuna trees fell, all the cowherd men in the neighborhood, hearing the fierce sound and fearing thunderbolts, went to the spot.