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ŚB 10.49.7

Devanagari

पृथा तु भ्रातरं प्राप्तमक्रूरमुपसृत्य तम् ।
उवाच जन्मनिलयं स्मरन्त्यश्रुकलेक्षणा ॥ ७ ॥

Text

pṛthā tu bhrātaraṁ prāptam
akrūram upasṛtya tam
uvāca janma-nilayaṁ
smaranty aśru-kalekṣaṇā

Synonyms

pṛthā — Kuntī; tu — and; bhrātaram — her brother (more exactly, the grandson of Vṛṣṇi, her own and Vasudeva’s tenth-generation ancestor); prāptam — obtained; akrūram — Akrūra; upasṛtya — approaching; tam — him; uvāca — she said; janma — of her birth; nilayam — the home (Mathurā); smarantī — remembering; aśru — of tears; kalā — with traces; īkṣaṇā — whose eyes.

Translation

Kuntīdevī, taking advantage of her brother Akrūra’s visit, approached him confidentially. While remembering her birthplace, she spoke with tears in her eyes.