गदायां सन्निवृत्तायां शाल्वस्त्वन्तरधीयत । ततो मुहूर्त आगत्य पुरुष: शिरसाच्युतम् । देवक्या प्रहितोऽस्मीति नत्वा प्राह वचो रुदन् ॥ २१ ॥
gadāyāṁ sannivṛttāyāṁ śālvas tv antaradhīyata tato muhūrta āgatya puruṣaḥ śirasācyutam devakyā prahito ’smīti natvā prāha vaco rudan
- gadāyām
- the club
- sannivṛttāyām
- when it was withdrawn
- śālvaḥ
- Śālva
- tu
- but
- antaradhīyata
- disappeared
- tataḥ
- then
- muhūrte
- after a moment
- āgatya
- coming
- puruṣaḥ
- a man
- śirasā
- with his head
- acyutam
- to Lord Kṛṣṇa
- devakyā
- by Mother Devakī
- prahitaḥ
- sent
- asmi
- I am
- iti
- so saying
- natvā
- bowing down
- prāha
- he spoke
- vacaḥ
- these words
- rudan
- crying
But as soon as Lord Acyuta withdrew His club, Śālva disappeared from sight, and a moment later a man approached the Lord. Bowing his head down to Him, he announced, “Devakī has sent me,” and, sobbing, spoke the following words.