तं विलोक्य जना दूरात्तेजसा मुष्टदृष्टय: । दीव्यतेऽक्षैर्भगवते शशंसु: सूर्यशङ्किता: ॥ ५ ॥
taṁ vilokya janā dūrāt tejasā muṣṭa-dṛṣṭayaḥ dīvyate ’kṣair bhagavate śaśaṁsuḥ sūrya-śaṅkitāḥ
- tam
- him
- vilokya
- seeing
- janāḥ
- the people
- dūrāt
- from some distance
- tejasā
- by his effulgence
- muṣṭa
- stolen
- dṛṣṭayaḥ
- their ability to see
- dīvyate
- who was playing
- akṣaiḥ
- with dice
- bhagavate
- to the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa
- śaśaṁsuḥ
- they reported
- sūrya
- the sun-god
- śaṅkitāḥ
- presuming him
As the people looked at Satrājit from a distance, his brilliance blinded them. They presumed he was the sun-god, Sūrya, and went to tell Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was at that time playing at dice.