चुक्रुशुस्तमपश्यन्त: कृष्ण रामेति गोपका: । भगवांस्तदुपश्रुत्य पितरं वरुणाहृतम् । तदन्तिकं गतो राजन्स्वानामभयदो विभु: ॥ ३ ॥
cukruśus tam apaśyantaḥ kṛṣṇa rāmeti gopakāḥ bhagavāṁs tad upaśrutya pitaraṁ varuṇāhṛtam tad-antikaṁ gato rājan svānām abhaya-do vibhuḥ
- cukruśuḥ
- they called out loudly
- tam
- him, Nanda
- apaśyantaḥ
- not seeing
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- rāma
- O Rāma
- iti
- thus
- gopakāḥ
- the cowherd men
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa
- tat
- that
- upaśrutya
- hearing
- pitaram
- His father
- varuṇa
- by Varuṇa
- āhṛtam
- taken away
- tat
- of Varuṇa
- antikam
- to the presence
- gataḥ
- went
- rājan
- my dear King Parīkṣit
- svānām
- of His own devotees
- abhaya
- of fearlessness
- daḥ
- the giver
- vibhuḥ
- the almighty Lord
O King, not seeing Nanda Mahārāja, the cowherd men loudly cried out, “O Kṛṣṇa! O Rāma!” Lord Kṛṣṇa heard their cries and understood that His father had been captured by Varuṇa. Therefore the almighty Lord, who makes His devotees fearless, went to the court of Varuṇadeva.