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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 14]
TRANSLATION
O Brāhmaṇa Śaunaka, while Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, observing the inauspicious signs on the earth at that time, was thus thinking to himself, Arjuna came back from the city of the Yadus [Dvārakā].
TEXT 23
तं पादयोर्निपतितमयथापूर्वमातुरम् । अथोवदनमञ्चिन्दून् सृजन्तं नयनाञ्चयोः ॥२३॥
tam pādayor nipatitam ayathā-pūrvam āturam adhovadanam abbindūn srjantam nayanābjayoḥ
tam—him (Arjuna); pādayoḥ—at the feet; nipatitam—bowing down; ayathā-pūrvam—unprecedented; āturam—dejected; adhovadanam—downward face; abbindūn—drops of water; srjantam—creating; nayana-abjayoḥ—from the lotuslike eyes.
TRANSLATION
When he bowed at his feet, the King saw that his dejection was unprecedented. His head was down, and tears glided from his lotus eyes.
TEXT 24
विलोक्योद्विग्रहदयो विच्छायमनुजं नृपः । पृच्छति स सुहृन्मध्ये संसरनारदेरितम् ॥२४॥
vilokyodvigna-hṛdayo vicchāyam anujam nṛpaḥ pṛcchati sma suhṛn madhye samsmaran nāraderitam
vilokya—by seeing; udvigna—anxious; hṛdayaḥ—heart; vicchāyam—pale appearance; anujam—Arjuna; nṛpaḥ—the King; pṛcchati—asked; sma—in the past; suhṛt—friends; madhye—amongst; samsmaran—remembering; nārada—Sage Nārada; iritam—indicated by.