प्रद्युम्नो युयुधानश्च गद: साम्बोऽथ सारण: । नन्दोपनन्दभद्राद्या रामकृष्णानुवर्तिन: ॥ ३ ॥ अक्षौहिणीभिर्द्वादशभि: समेता: सर्वतोदिशम् । रुरुधुर्बाणनगरं समन्तात् सात्वतर्षभा: ॥ ४ ॥
pradyumno yuyudhānaś ca gadaḥ sāmbo ’tha sāraṇaḥ nandopananda-bhadrādyā rāma-kṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ akṣauhiṇībhir dvādaśabhiḥ sametāḥ sarvato diśam rurudhur bāṇa-nagaraṁ samantāt sātvatarṣabhāḥ
- pradyumnaḥ yuyudhānaḥ ca
- Pradyumna and Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
- gadaḥ sāmbaḥ atha sāraṇaḥ
- Gada, Sāmba and Sāraṇa
- nanda-upananda-bhadra
- Nanda, Upananda and Bhadra
- ādyāḥ
- and others
- rāma-kṛṣṇa-anuvartinaḥ
- following Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa
- akṣauhiṇībhiḥ
- with military divisions
- dvādaśabhiḥ
- twelve
- sametāḥ
- assembled
- sarvataḥ diśam
- on all sides
- rurudhuḥ
- they besieged
- bāṇa-nagaram
- Bāṇāsura’s city
- samantāt
- totally
- sātvata-ṛṣabhāḥ
- the chiefs of the Sātvatas
With Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the lead, the chiefs of the Sātvata clan — Pradyumna, Sātyaki, Gada, Sāmba, Sāraṇa, Nanda, Upananda, Bhadra and others — converged with an army of twelve divisions and laid siege to Bāṇasura’s capital, completely surrounding the city on all sides.