प्रद्युम्नं गदया शीर्णवक्ष:स्थलमरिंदमम् । अपोवाह रणात्सूतो धर्मविद् दारुकात्मज: ॥ २७ ॥
pradyumnaṁ gadayā sīrṇa- vakṣaḥ-sthalam ariṁ-damam apovāha raṇāt sūto dharma-vid dārukātmajaḥ
- pradyumnam
- Pradyumna
- gadayā
- by the club
- śīrṇa
- shattered
- vakṣaḥ-sthalam
- whose chest
- arim
- of enemies
- damam
- the subduer
- apovāha
- removed
- raṇāt
- from the battlefield
- sūtaḥ
- His chariot driver
- dharma
- of his religious duty
- vit
- the expert knower
- dāruka-ātmajaḥ
- the son of Dāruka (Lord Kṛṣṇa’s driver)
Pradyumna’s driver, the son of Dāruka, thought that his valiant master’s chest had been shattered by the club. Knowing well his religious duty, he removed Pradyumna from the battlefield.