श्रीशुक उवाच बलभद्र: कुरुश्रेष्ठ भगवान् रथमास्थित: । सुहृद्दिदृक्षुरुत्कण्ठ: प्रययौ नन्दगोकुलम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca balabhadraḥ kuru-śreṣṭha bhagavān ratham āsthitaḥ suhṛd-didṛkṣur utkaṇṭhaḥ prayayau nanda-gokulam
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- balabhadraḥ
- Lord Balarāma
- kuru-śreṣṭha
- O best of the Kurus (King Parīkṣit)
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- ratham
- on His chariot
- āsthitaḥ
- mounted
- suhṛt
- His well-wishing friends
- didṛkṣuḥ
- wishing to see
- utkaṇṭhaḥ
- eager
- prayayau
- traveled
- nanda-gokulam
- to the cowherd village of Nanda Mahārāja
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of the Kurus, once Lord Balarāma, eager to visit His well-wishing friends, mounted His chariot and traveled to Nanda Gokula.