vayaḿ bhṛśam tatra mahānilāmbubhir
nihanyamānā mahur ambu-samplave
diśo 'vidanto 'tha parasparaḿ vane
gṛhīta-hastāḥ paribabhrimāturāḥ
vayam -- we; bhrisam -- thoroughly; tatra -- there; maha -- great; anila -- by the wind; ambubhih -- and water; nihanyamanah -- beset; muhuh -- continuously; ambu-samplave -- in the flooding; disah -- the directions; avidantah -- unable to discern; atha -- then; parasparam -- each other's; vane -- in the forest; grihita -- holding; hastah -- hands; paribabhrima -- we wandered; aturah -- distressed.
Constantly besieged by the powerful wind and rain, we lost our way amidst the flooding waters. We simply held each other's hands and, in great distress, wandered aimlessly about the forest.
Srila Sridhara Svami points out that the verb paribabhrima may be understood to be the prefix pari with either the verb bhri or bhram. In the case of bhram, it indicates that Krishna and Sudama wandered all about, and in the case of bhri, which means "to carry," it indicates that as the two young boys wandered about, they continued to carry the firewood they had secured for their spiritual master.
