SB 10.77.21 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

गदायां सन्निवृत्तायां शाल्वस्त्वन्तरधीयत । ततो मुहूर्त आगत्य पुरुष: शिरसाच्युतम् । देवक्या प्रहितोऽस्मीति नत्वा प्राह वचो रुदन् ॥ २१ ॥

Verse text

gadāyāṁ sannivṛttāyāṁ śālvas tv antaradhīyata tato muhūrta āgatya puruṣaḥ śirasācyutam devakyā prahito ’smīti natvā prāha vaco rudan

Synonyms

gadāyām — the club ; sannivṛttāyām — when it was withdrawn ; śālvaḥ — Śālva ; tu — but ; antaradhīyata — disappeared ; tataḥ — then ; muhūrte — after a moment ; āgatya — coming ; puruṣaḥ — a man ; śirasā — with his head ; acyutam — to Lord Kṛṣṇa ; devakyā — by Mother Devakī ; prahitaḥ — sent ; asmi — I am ; iti — so saying ; natvā — bowing down ; prāha — he spoke ; vacaḥ — these words ; rudan — crying .

Translation

But as soon as Lord Acyuta withdrew His club, Śālva disappeared from sight, and a moment later a man approached the Lord. Bowing his head down to Him, he announced, “Devakī has sent me,” and, sobbing, spoke the following words.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

But as soon as Lord Acyuta withdrew His club, Śālva disappeared from sight, and a moment later a man approached the Lord. Bowing his head down to Him, he announced, "Devakī has sent me," and, sobbing, spoke the following words. KB 10.77.21-22 Before Kṛṣṇa was able to strike him again, however, Śālva became invisible by his mystic power. Within a few moments, a mysterious, unknown man came before Lord Kṛṣṇa. Crying loudly, he bowed down at the Lord’s lotus feet and said to Him, “Since You are the most beloved son of Your father, Vasudeva, Your mother, Devakī, has sent me to inform You of the unfortunate news that Śālva has arrested Your father and taken him away by force, just as a butcher mercilessly takes away an animal.”

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

From this verse to verse twenty nine is not the version of Sukadeva.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

When Kṛṣṇa again took the club in his hand Śālva disappeared. Immediately some person, a famous servant of Vasudeva, appeared. His words have another meaning. “I have not been sent by Devakī.” His words were not at all true.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

The Lord took his club in his lotus hand, or simply withdrew it from the blow. In a moment some person appeared, who resembled a famous servant of Vasudeva. Bowing his head, he spoke with affection in a choked voice.