tÄá¹ rÄtriá¹ tatra rÄjendra
ká¹£ut-tá¹›á¸bhyÄá¹ Å›rama-kará¹£itÄḥ
Å«á¹£ur vrayaukaso gÄvaḥ
kÄlindyÄ upakÅ«lataḥ
tÄm - that; rÄtrim - night; tatra - there; rÄja-indra - O most exalted of kings; ká¹£ut-tá¹›á¸bhyÄm - by hunger and thirst; Å›rama - and by fatigue; kará¹£itÄḥ - weakened; Å«á¹£uḥ - they remained; vraja-okasaḥ - the people of Vá¹›ndÄvana; gÄvaḥ - and the cows; kÄlindyÄḥ - of the YamunÄ; upakÅ«lataḥ - near the shore.
O best of kings [ParÄ«ká¹£it], because the residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana were feeling very weak from hunger, thirst and fatigue, they and the cows spent the night where they were, lying down near the bank of the KÄlindÄ«.
ÅšrÄ«la JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« points out that although the people were weak from hunger and thirst, they did not drink the milk from the cows present there because they feared it had been contaminated by the serpent’s poison. The residents of Vá¹›ndÄvana were so overjoyed to get back their beloved Kṛṣṇa that they did not want to go back to their houses. They wanted to stay with Kṛṣṇa on the bank of the YamunÄ so that they could continuously see Him. Thus they decided to take rest near the riverbank.
