श्रीशुक उवाच इति सञ्चिन्तयन्कृष्णं श्वफल्कतनयोऽध्वनि । रथेन गोकुलं प्राप्त: सूर्यश्चास्तगिरिं नृप ॥ २४ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca iti sañcintayan kṛṣṇaṁ śvaphalka-tanayo ’dhvani rathena gokulaṁ prāptaḥ sūryaś cāsta-giriṁ nṛpa
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- iti
- thus
- sañcintayan
- thinking deeply
- kṛṣṇam
- about Lord Kṛṣṇa
- śvaphalka-tanayaḥ
- Akrūra, the son of Śvaphalka
- adhvani
- on the road
- rathena
- by his chariot
- gokulam
- the village of Gokula
- prāptaḥ
- reached
- sūryaḥ
- the sun
- ca
- and
- asta-girim
- the mountain behind which the sun sets
- nṛpa
- O King (Parīkṣit)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, while the son of Śvaphalka, traveling on the road, thus meditated deeply on Śrī Kṛṣṇa, he reached Gokula as the sun was beginning to set.