yan-nimittaḥ sa vai Å›Äpo
yÄdṛśo dvija-sattama
katham ekÄtmanÄá¹ bheda
etat sarvaá¹ vadasva me
yat-nimittaḥ - arising by what cause; saḥ - that; vai - indeed; Å›Äpaḥ - curse; yÄdṛśaḥ - what kind; dvija-sat-tama - O purest of twice-born brÄhmaṇas; katham - how; eka-ÄtmanÄm - of those who shared the same soul (ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa); bhedaḥ - the disagreement; etat - this; sarvam - all; vadasva - please tell; me - to me.
King Parīkṣit continued inquiring: What was the motive for this curse? What did it consist of, O purest of the twice-born? And how could such a disagreement have arisen among the Yadus, who all shared the same goal of life? Please tell me all these things.
EkÄtmanÄm means that the Yadus all shared the same opinion, namely that Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the goal of their life. Therefore, ParÄ«ká¹£it MahÄrÄja could not see any obvious reason for such a destructive quarrel among the members of the Yadu dynasty, and he was anxious to know the actual cause.
