वीक्ष्य तत् कदनं स्वानां निरूप्य पुररक्षणम् । सौभं च शाल्वराजं च दारुकं प्राह केशव: ॥ ९ ॥
vīkṣya tat kadanaṁ svānāṁ nirūpya pura-rakṣaṇam saubhaṁ ca śālva-rājaṁ ca dārukaṁ prāha keśavaḥ
- vīkṣya
- seeing
- tat
- that
- kadanam
- destruction
- svānām
- of His own men
- nirūpya
- arranging
- pura
- of the city
- rakṣaṇam
- for protection
- saubham
- the vehicle Saubha
- ca
- and
- śālva-rājam
- the King of the Śālva province
- ca
- and
- dārukam
- to Dāruka, His chariot driver
- prāha
- spoke
- keśavaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] After He arrived at Dvārakā and saw how His people were threatened with destruction, and also saw Śālva and his Saubha airship, Lord Keśava arranged for the city’s defense and then addressed Dāruka as follows.