striyo bālāś ca vṛddhāś ca
śaṅkhoddhāraṁ vrajantv itaḥ
vayaṁ prabhāsaṁ yāsyāmo
yatra pratyak sarasvatī

 striyaḥ - the women; bālāḥ - children; ca - and; vṛddhāḥ - old men; ca - and; śaṅkha-uddhāram - to the holy place called Śaṅkhoddhāra (about halfway between Dvārakā and Prabhāsa); vrajantu - they should go; itaḥ - from here; vayam - we; prabhāsam - to Prabhāsa; yāsyāmaḥ - shall go; yatra - where; pratyak - flowing west; sarasvatī - the river Sarasvatī


Text

The women, children and old men should leave this city and go to Śaṅkhoddhāra. We shall go to Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the river Sarasvatī flows toward the west.

Purport

The word vayam here refers to the able-bodied male members of the Yadu dynasty.