Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.50.45

taḿ dṛṣṭvācintayat kṛṣṇaḥ

sańkarṣaṇa sahāyavān

aho yadūnāḿ vṛjinaḿ

prāptaḿ hy ubhayato mahat

SYNONYMS

tam — him; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; acintayat — thought; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sańkarṣaṇa — by Lord Balarāma; sahāya-van — assisted; aho — ah; yadūnām — for the Yadus; vṛjinam — a problem; prāptam — arrived; hi — indeed; ubhayataḥ — from both sides (from Kālayavana and also from Jarāsandha); mahat — great.

TRANSLATION

When Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Sańkarṣaṇa saw Kālayavana, Kṛṣṇa thought about the situation and said, "Ah, a great danger now threatens the Yadus from two sides.

PURPORT

We may note here that although Śrī Kṛṣṇa had defeated Jarāsandha seventeen times against tremendous odds, He did not immediately annihilate the army of Kālayavana, thus keeping intact the benediction granted to Gargya by Lord Śiva, as explained in the previous purport.

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