श्रीशुक उवाच भगवानपि तत्रैव बलदेवेन संयुत: । अपश्यन्निवसन्गोपानिन्द्रयागकृतोद्यमान् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca bhagavān api tatraiva baladevena saṁyutaḥ apaśyan nivasan gopān indra-yāga-kṛtodyamān
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- api
- also
- tatra eva
- in that same place
- baladevena
- by Lord Balarāma
- saṁyutaḥ
- joined
- apaśyat
- saw
- nivasan
- staying
- gopān
- the cowherd men
- indra
- for Indra, the King of heaven
- yāga
- for the sake of a sacrifice
- kṛta
- making
- udyamān
- great endeavor
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While staying in that very place with His brother Baladeva, Lord Kṛṣṇa happened to see the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra.