tatah -- then; yudhishthirah raja -- King Yudhishthira; suhrit -- his friends; sambandhi -- family members; bandhavan -- and relatives; premna -- out of love; nivarayam asa -- stopped them; krishnam -- Lord Krishna; ca -- and; tyaga -- by separation; katarah -- distressed.

At that time Raja Yudhishthira stopped a number of his friends, immediate family members and other relatives from departing, among them Lord Krishna. Out of love Yudhishthira could not let them go, for he felt the pain of imminent separation.