na - not; tatra - there; dūtam - the messenger; na - nor; pituḥ - of His father; kalevaram - the body; prabuddhaḥ - alert; ājau - on the battlefield; samapaśyat - saw; acyutaḥ - Lord Kṛṣṇa; svāpnam - in a dream; yathā - like; ca - and; ambara - in the sky; cāriṇam - moving; ripum - His enemy (Śālva); saubha-stham - sitting in the Saubha plane; ālokya - seeing; nihantum - to kill him; udyataḥ - He prepared.

Now alert to the actual situation, Lord Acyuta saw before Him on the battlefield neither the messenger nor His father’s body. It was as if He had awakened from a dream. Seeing His enemy flying above Him in his Saubha plane, the Lord then prepared to kill him.