वसुदेव उपश्रुत्य भ्रातरं नन्दमागतम् । ज्ञात्वा दत्तकरं राज्ञे ययौ तदवमोचनम् ॥ २० ॥
vasudeva upaśrutya bhrātaraṁ nandam āgatam jñātvā datta-karaṁ rājñe yayau tad-avamocanam
- vasudevaḥ
- Vasudeva
- upaśrutya
- when he heard
- bhrātaram
- that his dear friend and brother
- nandam
- Nanda Mahārāja
- āgatam
- had come to Mathurā
- jñātvā
- when he learned
- datta-karam
- and had already paid the taxes
- rājñe
- unto the King
- yayau
- he went
- tat-avamocanam
- to the residential quarters of Nanda Mahārāja
When Vasudeva heard that Nanda Mahārāja, his very dear friend and brother, had come to Mathurā and already paid the taxes to Kaṁsa, he went to Nanda Mahārāja’s residence.