CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
TEXT 1
सूत अवाच्,
एवं कृष्णसखः कृष्णो भ्रात्रा राज्ञाऽऽविकल्पितः । नानाशङ्कास्पदं ह्रपं कृष्णविश्लेषकर्शितः ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca   evam kṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ kṛṣṇo   bhrātrā rājñā 'vikalpitaḥ   nānā-śaṅkāspadam rūpam   kṛṣṇa-viśleṣa-karśitaḥ
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta Gosvāmī said;  evam —thus;  kṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ —the celebrated friend of Kṛṣṇa;  kṛṣṇaḥ —Arjuna;  bhrātrā —by his elder brother;  rājñā —King Yudhiṣṭhira;  āvikalpitaḥ —speculated;  nānā —various;  śaṅka-āspadam —based on many doubts;  rūpam —forms;  kṛṣṇa —Lord Srī Kṛṣṇa;  viśleṣa —feelings of separation;  karśitaḥ —became greatly bereaved.
TRANSLATION
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Arjuna, the celebrated friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa, was griefstricken because of his strong feeling of separation from Kṛṣṇa, over and above all Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira's speculative inquiries.
PURPORT
Being too much aggrieved, Arjuna practically became choked up, and therefore it was not possible for him to reply properly to the various speculative inquiries of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
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