Chapter 68
सोऽपविद्ध: कुरुश्रेष्ठ कुरुभिर्यदुनन्दन: । नामृष्यत्तदचिन्त्यार्भ: सिंह क्षुद्रमृगैरिव ॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration
so ’paviddhaḥ kuru-śreṣṭha kurubhir yadu-nandanaḥ nāmṛṣyat tad acintyārbhaḥ siṁha kṣudra-mṛgair iva
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
saḥ — he; apaviddhaḥ — unjustly attacked; kuru-śreṣṭha — O best of the Kurus (Parīkṣit Mahārāja); kurubhiḥ — by the Kurus; yadu-nandanaḥ — the dear son of the Yadu dynasty; na amṛṣyat — did not tolerate; tat — it; acintya — of the inconceivable Lord, Kṛṣṇa; arbhaḥ — the child; siṁhaḥ — a lion; kṣudra — insignificant; mṛgaiḥ — by animals; iva — as.
Translation
“O best of the Kurus, as Kṛṣṇa’s son Sāmba was being unjustly harassed by the Kurus, that darling of the Yadu dynasty did not tolerate their attack, any more than a lion would tolerate an attack by puny animals.”