भूभारराजपृतना यदुभिर्निरस्य गुप्तै: स्वबाहुभिरचिन्तयदप्रमेय: । मन्येऽवनेर्ननु गतोऽप्यगतं हि भारं यद् यादवं कुलमहो अविषह्यमास्ते ॥ ३ ॥
bhū-bhāra-rāja-pṛtanā yadubhir nirasya guptaiḥ sva-bāhubhir acintayad aprameyaḥ manye ’vaner nanu gato ’py agataṁ hi bhāraṁ yad yādavaṁ kulam aho aviṣahyam āste
- bhū-bhāra
- existing as the burden of the earth
- rāja
- of the kings
- pṛtanāḥ
- the armies
- yadubhiḥ
- by the Yadus
- nirasya
- eliminating
- guptaiḥ
- protected
- sva-bāhubhiḥ
- by His own arms
- acintayat
- He considered
- aprameyaḥ
- the unfathomable Lord
- manye
- I think
- avaneḥ
- of the earth
- nanu
- one may say
- gataḥ
- it is gone
- api
- but
- agatam
- it is not gone
- hi
- indeed
- bhāram
- the burden
- yat
- because
- yādavam
- of Yadus
- kulam
- the dynasty
- aho
- ah
- aviṣahyam
- intolerable
- āste
- remains
The Supreme Personality of Godhead used the Yadu dynasty, which was protected by His own arms, to eliminate the kings who with their armies had been the burden of this earth. Then the unfathomable Lord thought to Himself, “Although some may say that the earth’s burden is now gone, in My opinion it is not yet gone, because there still remains the Yādava dynasty itself, whose strength is unbearable for the earth.”