Text 7] The Advent of Lord Krsna: Introduction 27
viryani tasyakhila-deha-bhajam
antar bahih purusa-kdéla-riipaih
prayacchato mrtyum utémrtam ca
mayd-manusyasya vadasva vidvan

pitamahéh—my grandfathers, the five Pandavas (Yudhisthira,
Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva); me—my; samare—on the Bat-
tlefield of Kuruksetra; amaram-jayaih—with fighters who could gain
victory over the demigods on the battlefield; devavrata-adya—
Bhismadeva and others; atirathaih—great commanders in chief;
timingilaih—resembling great timirgila fish, which can easily eat large
sharks; duratyayam—very difficult to cross; kawrava-sainya-sdga-
ram—the ocean of the assembled soldiers of the Kauravas; krtva—con-
sidering such an ocean; ataran—crossed it; vatsa-padam—exactly as
one steps over a small hoofprint of a calf; sma—in the past; yat-
plavah—the shelter of the boat of Krsna’s lotus feet; drauni—of
Asvatthama; astra—by the brahmastra; viplustam—being attacked and
burned; idam—this; mat-arigam—my body; santana-bijam—the only
seed left, the last descendant of the family; kuru-pandavaném—of the
Kurus and the Pandavas (because no one but me lived after the Battle of
Kuruksetra); jugopa—gave protection; kuksim—within the womb;
gatah—being placed; dtta-cakrah—taking in hand the disc; maétuh—of
my mother; ca—also; me—my; yah—the Lord who; saranam—the
shelter; gatayah—who had taken; virydni—the glorification of the tran-
scendental characteristics; tasya—of Him (the Supreme Personality of
Godhead); akhila-deha-bhajam—of all the materially embodied living
entities; antah bahih—inside and outside; purusa—of the Supreme
Person; kdla-ripaih—in the forms of eternal time; prayacchatah—who
is the giver; mrtyum—of death; uta—it is so said; amrtam ca—and
eternal life; maéyé-manusyasya—of the Lord, who appeared as an ordi-
nary human being by His own potency; vadasva—kindly describe;
vidvan—O learned speaker (Sukadeva Gosvami).

TRANSLATION

Taking the boat of Krgna’s lotus feet, my grandfather Arjuna
and others crossed the ocean of the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, in
which such commanders as Bhigsmadeva resembed great fish that
