dārukaś codayām āsa
kāñcanopaskaraṁ ratham
miṣatāṁ bhū-bhujāṁ rājñi
mṛgāṇāṁ mṛga-rāḍ iva

 dārukaḥ - Dāruka (Lord Kṛṣṇa's chariot driver); codayām āsa - drove; kāñcana - golden; upaskaram - whose trimmings; ratham - the chariot; miṣatām - as they watched; bhū-bhujām - the kings; rājñi - O Queen; mṛgāṇām - animals; mṛga-rāṭ - the king of animals, the lion; iva - as if.


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Dāruka drove the Lord’s gold-trimmed chariot as the kings looked on, O Queen, like small animals helplessly watching a lion.

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