तदिदं यादवकुलं वीर्यशौर्यश्रियोद्धतम् । लोकं जिघृक्षद् रुद्धं मे वेलयेव महार्णव: ॥ २९ ॥
tad idaṁ yādava-kulaṁ vīrya-śaurya-śriyoddhatam lokaṁ jighṛkṣad ruddhaṁ me velayeva mahārṇavaḥ
- tat idam
- this very
- yādava-kulam
- Yādava dynasty
- vīrya
- by their power
- śaurya
- courage
- śriyā
- and opulence
- uddhatam
- magnified
- lokam
- the whole world
- jighṛkṣat
- threatening to devour
- ruddham
- has been checked
- me
- by Me
- velayā
- by the shore
- iva
- just as
- mahā-arṇavaḥ
- a great ocean
That very Yādava dynasty in which I appeared became greatly magnified in opulence, especially in their physical strength and courage, to the extent that they threatened to devour the whole world. Therefore I have stopped them, just as the shore holds back the great ocean.