श्रीशुक उवाच अथ कृष्णश्च रामश्च कृतशौचौ परन्तप । मल्लदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं श्रुत्वा द्रष्टुमुपेयतु: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca atha kṛṣṇaś ca rāmaś ca kṛta-śaucau parantapa malla-dundubhi-nirghoṣaṁ śrutvā draṣṭum upeyatuḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- atha
- next
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- ca
- and
- rāmaḥ
- Balarāma
- ca
- also
- kṛta
- having carried out
- śaucau
- purification
- param-tapa
- O chastiser of enemies
- malla
- of the wrestling match
- dundubhi
- of the kettledrums
- nirghoṣam
- the resounding vibration
- śrutvā
- hearing
- draṣṭum
- to see
- upeyataḥ
- They approached
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O chastiser of enemies, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, having executed all necessary purification, then heard the kettledrums resounding at the wrestling arena, and They went there to see what was happening.