Verse 1.7.54

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

केचित् तथा प्राञ्जलयो ऽति-दीन-वत्
सन्न्यस्त-शस्त्रा युधि मुक्त-कच्छकाः
स्थातुं रणे कंस-नृ-देव-सम्मुखे
गतेप्सिताः केचिद् अतीव-विह्वलाः

kecit tathā prāñjalayo 'ti-dīna-vat
sannyasta-śastrā yudhi mukta-kacchakāḥ
sthātuṃ raṇe kaṃsa-nṛ-deva-sammukhe
gatepsitāḥ kecid atīva-vihvalāḥ

kecit—some; tathā—so; prāñjalayo—with folded hands; ati-dīna-vat—as a poor and humble person; sannyasta—dropped; śastrās—weapons; yudhi—in the battle;

English translation of verse 1.7.54:

mukta—abandoned; kacchakāḥ—lower garments; sthātum—to stay; raṇe—in the battle; kaṃsa-nṛ-deva-sammukhe—before King Kaṃsa; gata—gone; ipsitāḥ—

desired; kecid—some; atīva—very; vihvalāḥ—agitated.

Some, dropping their weapons and armor, humbly surrendered with folded hands. Others, very troubled, had lost all desire to stand before King Kaṃsa.