na -- not; tatra -- there; dutam -- the messenger; na -- nor; pituh -- of His father; kalevaram -- the body; prabuddhah -- alert; ajau -- on the battlefield; samapasyat -- saw; acyutah -- Lord Krishna; svapnam -- in a dream; yatha -- like; ca -- and; ambara -- in the sky; carinam -- moving; ripum -- His enemy (Salva); saubha-stham -- sitting in the Saubha plane; alokya -- seeing; nihantum -- to kill him; udyatah -- He prepared.

Now alert to the actual situation, Lord Acyuta saw before Him on the battlefield neither the messenger nor His father's body. It was as if He had awakened from a dream. Seeing His enemy flying above Him in his Saubha plane, the Lord then prepared to kill him.