papraccha -- asked; sat-kritam -- who had been honored; nandah -- Nanda Maharaja; katham -- how; stha -- you are living; niranugrahe -- the merciless; kamse -- Kamsa; jivati -- while he is alive; dasarha -- O descendant of Dasarha; sauna -- an animal slaughterer; palah -- whose keeper; iva -- just like; avayah -- sheep.

Nanda Maharaja asked Akrura: O descendant of Dasarha, how are all of you maintaining yourselves while that merciless Kamsa remains alive? You are just like sheep under the care of a butcher.