इति वृद्धवच: श्रुत्वा नैतावदिह कारणम् । इति मत्वा समानाय्य प्राहाक्रूरं जनार्दन: ॥ ३४ ॥
iti vṛddha-vacaḥ śrutvā naitāvad iha kāraṇam iti matvā samānāyya prāhākrūraṁ janārdanaḥ
- iti
- thus
- vṛddha
- of the elders
- vacaḥ
- the words
- śrutvā
- having heard
- na
- not
- etāvat
- only this
- iha
- of the matter at hand
- kāraṇam
- the cause
- iti
- thus
- matvā
- thinking
- samānāyya
- having him brought back
- prāha
- said
- akrūram
- to Akrūra
- janārdanaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
Hearing these words from the elders, Lord Janārdana, though aware that the absence of Akrūra was not the only cause of the evil omens, had him summoned back to Dvārakā and spoke to him.