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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.2

వ్యతీతా: కతిచిన్మాసాస్తదా నాయాత్తతోఽర్జున: । దదర్శ ఘోరరూపాణి నిమిత్తాని కురూద్వహ: ॥ ౨ ॥
vyatītāḥ katicin māsās
[vyateetaah katichin maasaas]
tadā nāyāt tato ’rjunaḥ
[tadaa naayaat tato ’rjunah]
dadarśa ghora-rūpāṇi
[dadarsha ghora-roopaani]
nimittāni kurūdvahaḥ
[nimittaani kuroodvahah]
vyatītāḥ — after passing katicit — a few māsāḥ — months tadā — at that time na āyāt — did not return tataḥ — from there arjunaḥ — Arjuna dadarśa — observed ghora — fearful rūpāṇi — appearances nimittāni — various causes kuru-udvahaḥ — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vyatītāḥ katicin māsās
vyatītāḥ
after passing
katicit
a few
māsāḥ
months
tadā nāyāt tato ’rjunaḥ
tadā
at that time
na āyāt
did not return
tataḥ
from there
dadarśa ghora-rūpāṇi
arjunaḥ
Arjuna
dadarśa
observed
ghora
fearful
rūpāṇi
appearances
nimittāni kurūdvahaḥ
nimittāni
various causes
kuru-udvahaḥ
Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.
A few months passed, and Arjuna did not return. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira then began to observe some inauspicious omens, which were fearful in themselves.

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead is ad infinitum, more powerful than the most powerful sun of our experience. Millions and billions of suns are created by Him and annihilated by Him within His one breathing period. In the material world the sun is considered to be the source of all productivity and material energy, and only due to the sun can we have the necessities of life. Therefore, during the personal presence of the Lord on the earth, all paraphernalia for our peace and prosperity, especially religion and knowledge, were in full display because of the Lord’s presence, just as there is a full flood of light in the presence of the glowing sun. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira observed some discrepancies in his kingdom, and therefore he became very anxious about Arjuna, who was long absent, and there was also no news about Dvārakā’s well-being. He suspected the disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa, otherwise there would have been no possibility of fearful omens.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sūta said: When Arjuna went to Dvārakā to see his friends and understand the activities and intentions of famous Kṛṣṇa, he did not return for some months. Yudhiṣṭhira saw inauspicious omens at that time.
Commentary

In the fourteenth chapter, Yudhiṣṭhira understands the meaning of the inauspicious signs when he sees Arjuna arrive in distress.

He went to understand Kṛṣṇa’s activities and his intentions (ca). “Some months” means seven months. Nimittāni means ill omens.

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