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.

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