सौदामन्या यथाक्लाशे यान्त्या हित्वाभ्रमण्डलम् । गतिर्न लक्ष्यते मर्त्यैस्तथा कृष्णस्य दैवतै: ॥ ९ ॥
saudāmanyā yathākāśe yāntyā hitvābhra-maṇḍalam gatir na lakṣyate martyais tathā kṛṣṇasya daivataiḥ
- saudāmanyāḥ
- of lightning
- yathā
- just as
- ākāśe
- in the sky
- yāntyāḥ
- which is traveling
- hitvā
- having left
- abhra-maṇḍalam
- the clouds
- gatiḥ
- the movement
- na lakṣyate
- cannot be ascertained
- martyaiḥ
- by mortals
- tathā
- similarly
- kṛṣṇasya
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- daivataiḥ
- by the demigods
Just as ordinary men cannot ascertain the path of a lightning bolt as it leaves a cloud, the demigods could not trace out the movements of Lord Kṛṣṇa as He returned to His abode.