पप्रच्छ सत्कृतं नन्द: कथं स्थ निरनुग्रहे । कंसे जीवति दाशार्ह सौनपाला इवावय: ॥ ४१ ॥
papraccha sat-kṛtaṁ nandaḥ kathaṁ stha niranugrahe kaṁse jīvati dāśārha sauna-pālā ivāvayaḥ
- papraccha
- asked
- sat-kṛtam
- who had been honored
- nandaḥ
- Nanda Mahārāja
- katham
- how
- stha
- you are living
- niranugrahe
- the merciless
- kaṁse
- Kaṁsa
- jīvati
- while he is alive
- dāśārha
- O descendant of Daśārha
- sauna
- an animal slaughterer
- pālāḥ
- whose keeper
- iva
- just like
- avayaḥ
- sheep
Nanda Mahārāja asked Akrūra: O descendant of Daśārha, how are all of you maintaining yourselves while that merciless Kaṁsa remains alive? You are just like sheep under the care of a butcher.