Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20

Sanskrit:

इत्युक्त: प्रस्थितो दूतो यथावदवदन्नृपान् ।तेऽपि सन्दर्शनं शौरे: प्रत्यैक्षन् यन्मुमुक्षव: ॥ २० ॥

ITRANS:

ity uktaḥ prasthito dūtoyathā-vad avadan nṛpānte ’pi sandarśanaṁ śaureḥpratyaikṣan yan mumukṣavaḥ

Translation:

Thus addressed, the messenger departed and accurately relayed the Lord’s message to the kings. Eager for freedom, they then waited expectantly for their meeting with Lord Kṛṣṇa.

Purport:

The great Vaiṣṇava scholar Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī comments here that by force of circumstances the kings began focusing their attention on Lord Kṛṣṇa alone.