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ŚB 10.58.53

Devanagari

श्रुत्वैतद् रुरुधुर्भूपा नयन्तं पथि कन्यकाम् ।
भग्नवीर्या: सुदुर्मर्षा यदुभिर्गोवृषै: पुरा ॥ ५३ ॥

Text

śrutvaitad rurudhur bhūpā
nayantaṁ pathi kanyakām
bhagna-vīryāḥ su-durmarṣā
yadubhir go-vṛṣaiḥ purā

Synonyms

śrutvā — hearing; etat — this; rurudhuḥ — they obstructed; bhū-pāḥ — the kings; nayantam — who was taking; pathi — along the road; kanyakām — His bride; bhagna — broken; vīryāḥ — whose strength; su — very; durmarṣāḥ — intolerant; yadubhiḥ — by the Yadus; go-vṛṣaiḥ — by the bulls; purā — before.

Translation

When the intolerant kings who had been rival suitors heard what had happened, they tried to stop Lord Kṛṣṇa on the road as He took His bride home. But just as the bulls had broken the kings’ strength before, the Yadu warriors broke it now.