ity uktaḥ prasthito dūto
yathā-vad avadan nṛpān
te 'pi sandarśanaḿ śaureḥ
pratyaikṣan yan mumukṣavaḥ
iti -- thus; uktah -- addressed; prasthitah -- departed; dutah -- the messenger; yatha-vat -- accurately; avadat -- he told; nripan -- the kings; te -- they; api -- and; sandarsanam -- the audience; saureh -- of Lord Krishna; pratyaikshan -- awaited; yat -- because; mumukshavah -- being eager for liberation.
Thus addressed, the messenger departed and accurately relayed the Lord's message to the kings. Eager for freedom, they then waited expectantly for their meeting with Lord Krishna.
The great Vaishnava scholar Srila Jiva Gosvami comments here that by force of circumstances the kings began focusing their attention on Lord Krishna alone.
