तदैव कुशलं नोऽभूत् सनाथास्ते कृता वयम् । ज्ञतीन् न: स्मरता कृष्ण भ्राता मे प्रेषितस्त्वया ॥ ९ ॥
tadaiva kuśalaṁ no ’bhūt sa-nāthās te kṛtā vayam jñatīn naḥ smaratā kṛṣṇa bhrātā me preṣitas tvayā
- tadā
- at that time
- eva
- only
- kuśalam
- well-being
- naḥ
- our
- abhūt
- arose
- sa
- with
- nāthāḥ
- a protector
- te
- by You
- kṛtāḥ
- made
- vayam
- we
- jñātīn
- Your relatives
- naḥ
- us
- smaratā
- who remembered
- kṛṣṇa
- O Kṛṣṇa
- bhrātā
- brother (Akrūra)
- me
- my
- preṣitaḥ
- sent
- tvayā
- by You
[Queen Kuntī said:] My dear Kṛṣṇa, our welfare was assured only when You remembered us, Your relatives, and gave us Your protection by sending my brother to visit us.