किं चाग्रजो मावनतं यदूत्तम: स्मयन् परिष्वज्य गृहीतमञ्जलौ । गृहं प्रवेष्याप्तसमस्तसत्कृतं सम्प्रक्ष्यते कंसकृतं स्वबन्धुषु ॥ २३ ॥
kiṁ cāgrajo māvanataṁ yadūttamaḥ smayan pariṣvajya gṛhītam añjalau gṛhaṁ praveṣyāpta-samasta-satkṛtaṁ samprakṣyate kaṁsa-kṛtaṁ sva-bandhuṣu
- kim ca
- furthermore
- agra-jaḥ
- His elder brother (Lord Balarāma)
- mā
- me
- avanatam
- who am standing with head bowed
- yadu-uttamaḥ
- the most exalted of the Yadus
- smayan
- smiling
- pariṣvajya
- embracing
- gṛhītam
- taken hold of
- añjalau
- by my joined palms
- gṛham
- His house
- praveṣya
- bringing into
- āpta
- who will have received
- samasta
- all
- sat-kṛtam
- signs of respect
- samprakṣyate
- He will inquire
- kaṁsa
- by Kaṁsa
- kṛtam
- what has been done
- sva-bandhuṣu
- to His family members
And then Lord Kṛṣṇa’s elder brother, the foremost of the Yadus, will grasp my joined hands while I am still standing with my head bowed, and after embracing me He will take me to His house. There He will honor me with all items of ritual welcome and inquire from me about how Kaṁsa has been treating His family members.