तावद् व्रजौकसस्तत्र नन्दगोपादयोऽग्रत: । पुरोपवनमासाद्य प्रतीक्षन्तोऽवतस्थिरे ॥ ८ ॥
tāvad vrajaukasas tatra nanda-gopādayo ’grataḥ puropavanam āsādya pratīkṣanto ’vatasthire
- tāvat
- by then
- vraja-okasaḥ
- the inhabitants of Vraja
- tatra
- there
- nanda-gopa-ādayaḥ
- headed by Nanda, the king of the cowherds
- agrataḥ
- before
- pura
- of the city
- upavanam
- a garden
- āsādya
- coming upon
- pratīkṣantaḥ
- waiting
- avatasthire
- they stayed there
Nanda Mahārāja and the other residents of Vṛndāvana, having reached Mathurā ahead of the chariot, had stopped at a garden on the outskirts of the city to wait for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.