नूनं नृपाणां त्रिमदोत्पथानां महीं मुहुश्चालयतां चमूभि: । वधात्प्रपन्नार्तिजिहीर्षयेशो- ऽप्युपैक्षताघं भगवान् कुरूणाम् ॥ ४३ ॥
nunam nrpanam tri-madotpathanam mahim muhus calayatam camubhih vadhat prapannarti-jihirsayeso ’py upaiksatagham bhagavan kurunam
- nunam
- of course
- nrpanam
- of the kings
- tri
- three
- mada-utpathanam
- going astray out of false pride
- mahim
- earth
- muhuh
- constantly
- calayatam
- agitating
- camubhih
- by movement of soldiers
- vadhat
- from the act of killing
- prapanna
- surrendered
- arti-jihirsaya
- willing to relieve the distress of the sufferers
- isah
- the Lord
- api
- in spite of
- upaiksata
- waited
- agham
- offenses
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Lord
- kurunam
- of the Kurus
Despite His being the Lord and being always willing to relieve the distress of sufferers, He (Krsna) refrained from killing the Kurus, although they committed all sorts of sins and although He saw other kings constantly agitating the earth by their strong military movements carried out under the dictation of three kinds of false pride.