SB 10.71.20
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
ity uktaḥ prasthito dūto
yathā-vad avadan nṛpān
te 'pi sandarśanaṁ śaureḥ
pratyaikṣan yan mumukṣavaḥ
SYNONYMS
iti—thus; uktaḥ—addressed; prasthitaḥ—departed; dūtaḥ—the messenger; yathā-vat—accurately; avadat—he told; nṛpān—the kings; te—they; api—and; sandarśanam—the audience; śaureḥ—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; pratyaikṣan—awaited; yat—because; mumukṣavaḥ—being eager for liberation.
TRANSLATION
Thus addressed, the messenger departed and accurately relayed the Lord's message to the kings. Eager for freedom, they then waited expectantly for their meeting with Lord Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
The great Vaiṣṇava scholar Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī comments here that by force of circumstances the kings began focusing their attention on Lord Kṛṣṇa alone.