न तत्र दूतं न पितु: कलेवरं प्रबुद्ध आजौ समपश्यदच्युत: । स्वाप्नं यथा चाम्बरचारिणं रिपुं सौभस्थमालोक्य निहन्तुमुद्यत: ॥ २९ ॥
na tatra dūtaṁ na pituḥ kalevaraṁ prabuddha ājau samapaśyad acyutaḥ svāpnaṁ yathā cāmbara-cāriṇaṁ ripuṁ saubha-stham ālokya nihantum udyataḥ
- na
- not
- tatra
- there
- dūtam
- the messenger
- na
- nor
- pituḥ
- of His father
- kalevaram
- the body
- prabuddhaḥ
- alert
- ājau
- on the battlefield
- samapaśyat
- saw
- acyutaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- svāpnam
- in a dream
- yathā
- like
- ca
- and
- ambara
- in the sky
- cāriṇam
- moving
- ripum
- His enemy (Śālva)
- saubha-stham
- sitting in the Saubha plane
- ālokya
- seeing
- nihantum
- to kill him
- udyataḥ
- He prepared
Now alert to the actual situation, Lord Acyuta saw before Him on the battlefield neither the messenger nor His father’s body. It was as if He had awakened from a dream. Seeing His enemy flying above Him in his Saubha plane, the Lord then prepared to kill him.