तं विद्वानपि दाशार्हो भगवान् सर्वदर्शन: । अन्वमोदत तत्सख्यं वधं तस्य विचिन्तयन् ॥ १८ ॥
taṁ vidvān api dāśārho bhagavān sarva-darśanaḥ anvamodata tat-sakhyaṁ vadhaṁ tasya vicintayan
- tam
- him, Pralambāsura
- vidvān
- knowing quite well
- api
- even though
- dāśārhaḥ
- the descendant of Daśārha
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sarva-darśanaḥ
- the omniscient
- anvamodata
- accepted
- tat
- with him
- sakhyam
- friendship
- vadham
- the killing
- tasya
- of him
- vicintayan
- meditating upon
Since the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, who had appeared in the Daśārha dynasty, sees everything, He understood who the demon was. Still, the Lord pretended to accept the demon as a friend, while at the same time seriously considering how to kill him.