Chapter 11
श्रीशुक उवाच गोपा नन्दादय: श्रुत्वा द्रुमयो: पततोरवम् । तत्राजग्मु: कुरुश्रेष्ठ निर्घातभयशङ्किता: ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca gopā nandādayaḥ śrutvā drumayoḥ patato ravam tatrājagmuḥ kuru-śreṣṭha nirghāta-bhaya-śaṅkitāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; gopāḥ — all the cowherd men; nanda-ādayaḥ — headed by Nanda Mahārāja; śrutvā — hearing; drumayoḥ — of the two trees; patatoḥ — falling down; ravam — the high sound, as terrible as a thunderbolt; tatra — there, on the spot; ājagmuḥ — went; kuru-śreṣṭha — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; nirghāta-bhaya-śaṅkitāḥ — who were afraid of falling thunderbolts.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, when the yamala-arjuna trees fell, all the cowherd men in the neighborhood, hearing the fierce sound and fearing thunderbolts, went to the spot.”