एवं सभाजितो गोपै: कृष्णभक्त्या नराधिप । उद्धव: पुनरागच्छन्मथुरां कृष्णपालिताम् ॥ ६८ ॥
evaṁ sabhājito gopaiḥ kṛṣṇa-bhaktyā narādhipa uddhavaḥ punar āgacchan mathurāṁ kṛṣṇa-pālitām
- evam
- thus
- sabhājitaḥ
- shown honor
- gopaiḥ
- by the cowherds
- kṛṣṇa-bhaktyā
- with devotion for Kṛṣṇa
- nara-adhipa
- O ruler of men (Parīkṣit)
- uddhavaḥ
- Uddhava
- punaḥ
- again
- āgacchat
- returned
- mathurām
- to Mathurā
- kṛṣṇa-pālitām
- which was being protected by Lord Kṛṣṇa
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] O ruler of men, thus honored by the cowherd men with expressions of devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa, Uddhava went back to the city of Mathurā, which was under Kṛṣṇa’s protection.