pradyumno yuyudhānaś ca
gadaḥ sāmbo 'tha sāraṇaḥ
nandopananda-bhadrādyā
rāma-kṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ
akṣauhiṇībhir dvādaśabhiḥ
sametāḥ sarvato diśam
rurudhur bāṇa-nagaraṁ
samantāt sātvatarṣabhāḥ

 pradyumnaḥ yuyudhānaḥ ca - Pradyumna and Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki); gadaḥ sāmbaḥ atha sāraṇaḥ - Gada, Sāmba and Sāraṇa; nanda-upananda-bhadra - Nanda, Upananda and Bhadra; ādyāḥ - and others; rāma-kṛṣṇa-anuvartinaḥ - following Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa; akṣauhiṇībhiḥ - with military divisions; dvādaśabhiḥ - twelve; sametāḥ - assembled; sarvataḥ diśam - on all sides; rurudhuḥ - they besieged; bāṇa-nagaram - Bāṇāsura's city; samantāt - totally; sātvata-ṛṣabhāḥ - the chiefs of the Sātvatas.


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With Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the lead, the chiefs of the Sātvata clan — Pradyumna, Sātyaki, Gada, Sāmba, Sāraṇa, Nanda, Upananda, Bhadra and others — converged with an army of twelve divisions and laid siege to Bāṇasura’s capital, completely surrounding the city on all sides.

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