तत्रोपविष्ट: परमासने विभु- र्बभौ स्वभासा ककुभोऽवभासयन् । वृतो नृसिंहैर्यदुभिर्यदूत्तमो यथोडुराजो दिवि तारकागणै: ॥ १८ ॥
tatropavistaḥ paramāsane vibhur babhau sva-bhāsā kakubho ’vabhāsayan vṛto nṛ-siṁhair yadubhir yadūttamo yathoḍu-rājo divi tārakā-gaṇaiḥ
- tatra
- there
- upaviṣṭaḥ
- seated
- parama-āsane
- on His exalted throne
- vibhuḥ
- the almighty Supreme Lord
- babhau
- shone
- sva
- with His own
- bhāsā
- effulgence
- kakubhaḥ
- all the quarters of the sky
- avabhāsayan
- making glow
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- nr
- among men
- siṁhaiḥ
- by lions
- yadubhiḥ
- by the Yadus
- yadu-uttamaḥ
- the most excellent of the Yadus
- yathā
- like
- uḍu-rājaḥ
- the moon
- divi
- in the sky
- tārakā-gaṇaiḥ
- (surrounded) by the stars
As the almighty Supreme Lord would seat Himself upon His exalted throne there in the assembly hall, He shone with His unique effulgence, illuminating all the quarters of space. Surrounded by the Yadus, lions among men, that best of the Yadus appeared like the moon amidst many stars.