सोऽपविद्ध: कुरुश्रेष्ठ कुरुभिर्यदुनन्दन: । नामृष्यत्तदचिन्त्यार्भ: सिंह क्षुद्रमृगैरिव ॥ ८ ॥
so ’paviddhaḥ kuru-śreṣṭha kurubhir yadu-nandanaḥ nāmṛṣyat tad acintyārbhaḥ siṁha kṣudra-mṛgair iva
- saḥ
- he
- apaviddhaḥ
- unjustly attacked
- kuru-śreṣṭha
- O best of the Kurus (Parīkṣit Mahārāja)
- kurubhiḥ
- by the Kurus
- yadu-nandanaḥ
- the dear son of the Yadu dynasty
- na amṛṣyat
- did not tolerate
- tat
- it
- acintya
- of the inconceivable Lord, Kṛṣṇa
- arbhaḥ
- the child
- siṁhaḥ
- a lion
- kṣudra
- insignificant
- mṛgaiḥ
- by animals
- iva
- as
O best of the Kurus, as Kṛṣṇa’s son Sāmba was being unjustly harassed by the Kurus, that darling of the Yadu dynasty did not tolerate their attack, any more than a lion would tolerate an attack by puny animals.