śrī-śuka uvāca
ity uddhava-vaco rājan
sarvato-bhadram acyutam
devarṣir yadu-vṛddhāś ca
kṛṣṇaś ca pratyapūjayan
sri-sukah uvaca -- Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus stated; uddhava-vacah -- the words of Uddhava; rajan -- O King (Parikshit); sarvatah -- in all ways; bhadram -- auspicious; acyutam -- infallible; deva-rishih -- the sage of the demigods, Narada; yadu-vriddhah -- the Yadu elders; ca -- and; krishnah -- Lord Krishna; ca -- and also; pratyapujayan -- praised it in response.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, Devarshi Narada, the Yadu elders and Lord Krishna all welcomed Uddhava's proposal, which was entirely auspicious and infallible.
Srila Sridhara Svami explains that the term acyutam indicates that Uddhava's proposal was "fortified by logical reasoning." Furthermore, Sukadeva Gosvami specifically indicates by the term yadu-vriddhah that it was the senior members, not the junior ones, who welcomed the proposal. Young princes such as Aniruddha did not like Uddhava's proposal, since they were eager to fight Jarasandha's army immediately.
