श्रीशुक उवाच शिशुपालस्य शाल्वस्य पौण्ड्रकस्यापि दुर्मति: । परलोकगतानां च कुर्वन् पारोक्ष्यसौहृदम् ॥ १ ॥ एक: पदाति: सङ्क्रुद्धो गदापाणि: प्रकम्पयन् । पद्भ्यामिमां महाराज महासत्त्वो व्यदृश्यत ॥ २ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca śiśupālasya śālvasya pauṇḍrakasyāpi durmatiḥ para-loka-gatānāṁ ca kurvan pārokṣya-sauhṛdam ekaḥ padātiḥ saṅkruddho gadā-pāṇiḥ prakampayan padbhyām imāṁ mahā-rāja mahā-sattvo vyadṛśyata
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- śiśupālasya
- for Śiśupāla
- śālvasya
- Śālva
- pauṇḍrakasya
- Pauṇḍraka
- api
- also
- durmatiḥ
- evil-hearted (Dantavakra)
- para-loka
- to the next world
- gatānāṁ
- who had gone
- ca
- and
- kurvan
- doing
- pārokṣya
- for those who have passed away
- sauhṛdam
- act of friendship
- ekaḥ
- alone
- padātiḥ
- on foot
- saṅkruddhaḥ
- infuriated
- gadā
- a club
- pāṇiḥ
- in his hand
- prakampayan
- making tremble
- padbhyām
- with his feet
- imam
- this (earth)
- mahā-rāja
- O great King (Parīkṣit)
- mahā
- great
- sattvaḥ
- whose physical power
- vyadṛśyata
- was seen
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Acting out of friendship for Śiśupāla, Śālva and Pauṇḍraka, who had all passed on to the next world, the wicked Dantavakra appeared on the battlefield in a great rage, O King. All alone, on foot and wielding a club in his hand, the mighty warrior shook the earth with his footsteps.