श्रुत्वैतद् रुरुधुर्भूपा नयन्तं पथि कन्यकाम् । भग्नवीर्या: सुदुर्मर्षा यदुभिर्गोवृषै: पुरा ॥ ५३ ॥
śrutvaitad rurudhur bhūpā nayantaṁ pathi kanyakām bhagna-vīryāḥ su-durmarṣā yadubhir go-vṛṣaiḥ purā
- śrutvā
- hearing
- etat
- this
- rurudhuḥ
- they obstructed
- bhū-pāḥ
- the kings
- nayantam
- who was taking
- pathi
- along the road
- kanyakām
- His bride
- bhagna
- broken
- vīryāḥ
- whose strength
- su
- very
- durmarṣāḥ
- intolerant
- yadubhiḥ
- by the Yadus
- go-vṛṣaiḥ
- by the bulls
- purā
- before
When the intolerant kings who had been rival suitors heard what had happened, they tried to stop Lord Kṛṣṇa on the road as He took His bride home. But just as the bulls had broken the kings’ strength before, the Yadu warriors broke it now.