taá¹ dṛṣṭvÄcintayat kṛṣṇaḥ
saá¹…kará¹£aṇa sahÄyavÄn
aho yadÅ«nÄá¹ vá¹›jinaá¹
prÄptaá¹ hy ubhayato mahat

 tam - him; dṛṣṭvÄ - seeing; acintayat - thought; kṛṣṇaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; saá¹…kará¹£aṇa - by Lord BalarÄma; sahÄya-van - assisted; aho - ah; yadÅ«nÄm - for the Yadus; vá¹›jinam - a problem; prÄptam - arrived; hi - indeed; ubhayataḥ - from both sides (from KÄlayavana and also from JarÄsandha); mahat - great.


Text

When Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa saw KÄlayavana, Kṛṣṇa thought about the situation and said, “Ah, a great danger now threatens the Yadus from two sides.

Purport

We may note here that although ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa had defeated JarÄsandha seventeen times against tremendous odds, He did not immediately annihilate the army of KÄlayavana, thus keeping intact the benediction granted to GÄrgya by Lord Åšiva, as explained in the previous purport.