gadām udyamya kārūṣo
mukundaḿ prāha durmadaḥ
diṣṭyā diṣṭyā bhavān adya
mama dṛṣṭi-pathaḿ gataḥ
gadam -- his club; udyamya -- wielding; karushah -- the King of Karusha (Dantavakra); mukundam -- to Lord Krishna; praha -- said; durmadah -- intoxicated by foolish pride; dishtya -- by good fortune; dishtya -- by good fortune; bhavan -- You; adya -- today; mama -- my; drishti -- of the sight; patham -- into the path; gatah -- come.
Raising his club, the reckless King of Karusha said to Lord Mukunda, "What luck! What luck -- to have You come before me today!
Srila Sridhara Svami explains that after having waited for three lifetimes, Dantavakra, formerly a gatekeeper in Vaikuntha, could now return to the spiritual world. Therefore the transcendental meaning of his statement is: "How fortunate! How fortunate I am that today I can return to my constitutional position in the spiritual world!"
In the next verse, Dantavakra will refer to Krishna as matuleya, a maternal cousin. Dantavakra's mother, Srutasrava, was the sister of Krishna's father, Vasudeva.
