तेऽन्वेषमाणा दयितं कृष्णं सूचितया पदै: । भगवल्लक्षणैर्जग्मु: पदव्या यमुनातटम् ॥ १७ ॥
te ’nveṣamāṇā dayitaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ sūcitayā padaiḥ bhagaval-lakṣaṇair jagmuḥ padavyā yamunā-taṭam
- te
- they
- anveṣamāṇāḥ
- searching out
- dayitam
- their dearmost
- kṛṣṇam
- Kṛṣṇa
- sūcitayā
- (along the path) which was marked
- padaiḥ
- by His footprints
- bhagavat-lakṣaṇaiḥ
- the symbolic markings of the Personality of Godhead
- jagmuḥ
- they went
- padavyā
- along the path
- yamunā-taṭam
- to the bank of the Yamunā
The residents hurried toward the banks of the Yamunā in search of their dearmost Kṛṣṇa, following the path marked by His footprints, which bore the unique signs of the Personality of Godhead.