राजोवाच निधनमुपगतेषु वृष्णिभोजे- ष्वधिरथयूथपयूथपेषु मुख्य: । स तु कथमवशिष्ट उद्धवो यद्धरि- रपि तत्यज आकृतिं त्र्यधीश: ॥ २८ ॥
rajovaca nidhanam upagatesu vrsni-bhojesv adhiratha-yuthapa-yuthapesu mukhyah sa tu katham avasista uddhavo yad dharir api tatyaja akrtim tryadhisah
- raja uvaca
- the King inquired
- nidhanam
- destruction
- upagatesu
- having overtaken
- vrsni
- of the Vrsni dynasty
- bhojesu
- the Bhoja dynasty
- adhiratha
- great commander
- yutha-pa
- commander in chief
- yutha-pesu
- amongst them
- mukhyah
- prominent
- sah
- he
- tu
- only
- katham
- how
- avasistah
- remained
- uddhavah
- Uddhava
- yat
- whereas
- harih
- the Personality of Godhead
- api
- also
- tatyaje
- finished
- akrtim
- complete pastimes
- tri-adhisah
- the Lord of the three worlds
The King inquired: At the end of the pastimes of the Lord of the three worlds, Sri Krsna, and after the disappearance of the members of the Vrsni and Bhoja dynasties, who were the best of the great commanders, why did Uddhava alone remain?