dhanur vikṛṣya su-dṛḍhaṁ
jaghne kṛṣṇaṁ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ
āha cātra kṣaṇaṁ tiṣṭha
yadūnāṁ kula-pāṁsana
dhanuḥ - his bow; vikṛṣya - drawing; su - very; dṛḍham - firmly; jaghne - he struck; kṛṣṇam - Lord Kṛṣṇa; tribhiḥ - with three; śaraiḥ - arrows; āha - he said; ca - and; atra - here; kṣaṇam - a moment; tiṣṭha - stand; yadūnām - of the Yadus; kula - of the dynasty; pāṁsana - O corrupter.
Rukmī drew his bow with great strength and struck Lord Kṛṣṇa with three arrows. Then he said, “Stand here for a moment, O defiler of the Yadu dynasty!
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī points out that kula-pāṁsana may be understood as a combination of the words kula-pa, “O master of the Yadu dynasty,” and aṁsana, “O expert killer of enemies.” The ācārya gives the grammatical details that make this interpretation possible.
