एवं कृष्णसखः कृष्णो भ्रात्रा राज्ञा विकल्पितः ।
नानाशङ्कास्पदं रूपं कृष्णविश्लेषकर्शितः ॥१॥
sÅ«ta uvÄca
evaṠkṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ kṛṣṇo
bhrÄtrÄ rÄjÃ±Ä vikalpitaḥ
nÄnÄ-Å›aá¹…kÄspadaá¹ rÅ«paá¹
kṛṣṇa-viśleṣa-karśitaḥ
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)
sÅ«taḥ uvÄca - SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said; evam - thus; kṛṣṇa-sakhaḥ - the celebrated friend of Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇaḥ - Arjuna; bhrÄtrÄ - by his elder brother; rÄjÃ±Ä - King Yudhiá¹£á¹hira; vikalpitaḥ - speculated; nÄnÄ - various; Å›aá¹…ka-Äspadam - based on many doubts; rÅ«pam - forms; kṛṣṇa - Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa; viÅ›leá¹£a - feelings of separation; karÅ›itaḥ - became greatly bereaved.
SÅ«ta GosvÄmÄ« said: Arjuna, the celebrated friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa, was griefstricken because of his strong feeling of separation from Kṛṣṇa, over and above all MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira’s speculative inquiries.
Being too much aggrieved, Arjuna practically became choked up, and therefore it was not possible for him to reply properly to the various speculative inquiries of MahÄrÄja Yudhiá¹£á¹hira.
