अद्यानेन महाव्यालो यशोदानन्दसूनुना । हतोऽविता वयं चास्मादिति बाला व्रजे जगु: ॥ ४८ ॥
adyānena mahā-vyālo yaśodā-nanda-sūnunā hato ’vitā vayaṁ cāsmād iti bālā vraje jaguḥ
- adya
- today
- anena
- by Him
- mahā-vyālaḥ
- a great serpent
- yaśodā
- of Yaśodā
- nanda
- and Mahārāja Nanda
- sūnunā
- by the son
- hataḥ
- has been killed
- avitāḥ
- have been saved
- vayam
- we
- ca
- and
- asmāt
- from that demon
- iti
- thus
- bālāḥ
- the boys
- vraje
- in Vṛndāvana
- jaguḥ
- sang
As the cowherd boys reached the village of Vraja, they sang, “Today Kṛṣṇa saved us by killing a great serpent!” Some of the boys described Kṛṣṇa as the son of Yaśodā, and others as the son of Nanda Mahārāja.