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ŚB 10.57.20

Devanagari

मिथिलायामुपवने विसृज्य पतितं हयम् ।
पद्‍भ्यामधावत् सन्त्रस्त: कृष्णोऽप्यन्वद्रवद् रुषा ॥ २० ॥

Text

mithilāyām upavane
visṛjya patitaṁ hayam
padbhyām adhāvat santrastaḥ
kṛṣṇo ’py anvadravad ruṣā

Synonyms

mithilāyām — at Mithilā; upavane — in a suburban garden; visṛjya — abandoning; patitam — fallen; hayam — his horse; padbhyām — on foot; adhāvat — he ran; santrastaḥ — terrified; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; api — also; anvadravat — ran after; ruṣā — furiously.

Translation

In a garden on the outskirts of Mithilā, the horse Śatadhanvā was riding collapsed. Terrified, he abandoned the horse and began to flee on foot, with Kṛṣṇa in angry pursuit.