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śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ prabodhito mitraiś caidyo ’gāt sānugaḥ puram hata-śeṣāḥ punas te ’pi yayuḥ svaṁ svaṁ puraṁ nṛpāḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- evam
- thus
- prabodhitaḥ
- persuaded
- mitraiḥ
- by his friends
- caidyaḥ
- Śiśupāla
- agāt
- went
- sa-anugaḥ
- with his followers
- puram
- to his city
- hata
- from the killed
- śeṣāḥ
- who remained
- punaḥ
- again
- te
- they
- api
- also
- yayuḥ
- went
- svam svam
- each to his own
- puram
- city
- nṛpāḥ
- kings
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus persuaded by his friends, Śiśupāla took his followers and went back to his capital. The surviving warriors also returned to their respective cities.