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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.38

కే వయం నామరూపాభ్యాం యదుభి: సహ పాణ్డవా: । భవతోఽదర్శనం యర్హి హృషీకాణామివేశితు: ॥ ౩౮ ॥
ke vayaṁ nāma-rūpābhyāṁ
[ke vayam naama-roopaabhyaam]
yadubhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ
[yadubhih saha paandavaah]
bhavato ’darśanaṁ yarhi
[bhavato ’darshanam yarhi]
hṛṣīkāṇām iveśituḥ
[hrisheekaanaam iveshituh]
ke — who are vayam — we nāma-rūpābhyām — without fame and ability yadubhiḥ — with the Yadus saha — along with pāṇḍavāḥ — and the Pāṇḍavas bhavataḥ — Your adarśanam — absence yarhi — as if hṛṣīkāṇām — of the senses iva — like īśituḥ — of the living being.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ke vayaṁ nāma-rūpābhyāṁ
ke
who are
vayam
we
nāma-rūpābhyām
without fame and ability
yadubhiḥ
with the Yadus
yadubhiḥ saha pāṇḍavāḥ
saha
along with
pāṇḍavāḥ
and the Pāṇḍavas
bhavato ’darśanaṁ yarhi
bhavataḥ
Your
adarśanam
absence
yarhi
as if
hṛṣīkāṇām iveśituḥ
hṛṣīkāṇām
of the senses
iva
like
īśituḥ
of the living being.
As the name and fame of a particular body is finished with the disappearance of the living spirit, similarly if You do not look upon us, all our fame and activities, along with the Pāṇḍavas and Yadus, will end at once.

Kuntīdevī is quite aware that the existence of the Pāṇḍavas is due to Śrī Kṛṣṇa only. The Pāṇḍavas are undoubtedly well established in name and fame and are guided by the great King Yudhiṣṭhira, who is morality personified, and the Yadus are undoubtedly great allies, but without the guidance of Lord Kṛṣṇa all of them are nonentities, as much as the senses of the body are useless without the guidance of consciousness. No one should be proud of his prestige, power and fame without being guided by the favor of the Supreme Lord. The living beings are always dependent, and the ultimate dependable object is the Lord Himself. We may, therefore, invent by our advancement of material knowledge all sorts of counteracting material resources, but without being guided by the Lord all such inventions end in fiasco, however strong and stout the reactionary elements may be.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Without your presence who are we, the Pāṇḍavas along with the Yadus with their fame and strength? We are like the senses without the jīva.
Commentary

“But Bhīma and Arjuna, your sons, are very powerful. The king is dharma personified and the Yādavas are your friends. You have no worries.”

Who are we Pāṇḍavas with the Yadus having fame (nāma) and ability (rūpa) without your presence? Similarly, without the presence of the jīva the senses have no significance or power.

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