Text 10
iti dūtas tam ākṣepaṁ
svāmine sarvam āharat
kṛṣṇo ’pi ratham āsthāya
kāśīm upajagāma ha
iti — thus addressed; dūtaḥ — the messenger; tam — those; ākṣepam — insults; svāmine — to his master; sarvam — entire; āharat — carried; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; api — and; ratham — His chariot; āsthāya — riding; kāśīm — to Vārāṇasī; upajagāma ha — went near.
When the Lord had thus spoken, the messenger conveyed His insulting reply to his master in its entirety. Lord Kṛṣṇa then mounted His chariot and went to the vicinity of Kāśī.
In Kṛṣṇa, Śrīla Prabhupāda describes this incident as follows: “The messenger carried the words of Lord Kṛṣṇa to his master, Pauṇḍraka, who patiently heard all these insults. Without waiting any longer, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa immediately started out on His chariot to punish the rascal Pauṇḍraka, the King of Karūṣa. Because at that time the he was living with his friend the King of Kāśī, Kṛṣṇa surrounded the whole city of Kāśī.”