ब्रह्मर्षिसेवितान् देशान् हित्वैतेऽब्रह्मवर्चसम् । समुद्रं दुर्गमाश्रित्य बाधन्ते दस्यव: प्रजा: ॥ ३७ ॥
brahmarṣi-sevitān deśān hitvaite ’brahma-varcasam samudraṁ durgam āśritya bādhante dasyavaḥ prajāḥ
- brahma-ṛṣi
- by great brāhmaṇa sages
- sevitān
- graced
- deśān
- lands (like Mathurā)
- hitvā
- abandoning
- ete
- these (Yādavas)
- abrahma-varcasam
- where brahminical principles are not observed
- samudram
- the ocean
- durgam
- a fortress
- āśritya
- taking shelter of
- bādhante
- they cause trouble
- dasyavaḥ
- thieves
- prajāḥ
- to their subjects
These Yādavas have abandoned the holy lands inhabited by saintly sages and have instead taken shelter of a fortress in the sea, a place where no brahminical principles are observed. There, just like thieves, they harass their subjects.