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śrī-śuka uvāca
sa gatvā hāstinapuraṁ
pauravendra-yaśo-’ṅkitam
dadarśa tatrāmbikeyaṁ
sa-bhīṣmaṁ viduraṁ pṛthām
saha-putraṁ ca bāhlīkaṁ
bhāradvājaṁ sa-gautamam
karnaṁ suyodhanaṁ drauṇiṁ
pāṇḍavān suhṛdo ’parān
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saḥ — he (Akrūra); gatvā — going; hāstina-puram — to Hastināpura; paurava-indra — of the rulers of the dynasty of Pūru; yaśaḥ — by the glory; aṅkitam — decorated; dadarśa — he saw; tatra — there; āmbikeyam — the son of Ambikā (Dhṛtarāṣṭra); sa — together with; bhīṣmam — Bhīṣma; viduram — Vidura; pṛthām — Pṛthā (Kuntī, the widow of King Pāṇḍu); saha-putram — with his son (namely, Somadatta); ca — and; bāhlīkam — Mahārāja Bāhlīka; bhāradvājam — Droṇa; sa — and; gautamam — Kṛpa; karṇam — Karṇa; suyodhanam — Duryodhana; drauṇim — the son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāmā); pāṇḍavān — the sons of Pāṇḍu; suhṛdaḥ — friends; aparān — other.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Akrūra went to Hastināpura, the city distinguished by the glory of the Paurava rulers. There he saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Bhīṣma, Vidura and Kuntī, along with Bāhlika and his son Somadatta. He also saw Droṇācārya, Kṛpācārya, Karṇa, Duryodhana, Aśvatthāmā, the Pāṇḍavas and other close friends.