SB 10.13.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

iba"aãe"NAuM jaQ&r"paq%yaAe: Za{"Nlvae‡ae ca k(ºae
vaAmae paANAAE mas$a{NAk(valaM tatP(laAnyaṄllaISau
itan"nmaDyae svapair"s$auô$d"Ae h"As$ayaªamaRiBa: svaE:
svagAeR laAeke( imaSaita bauBaujae yaÁaBaugbaAlake(ila:

bibhrad venum jathara-patayoh srṅga-vetre ca kakse

vame panau masrna-kavalam tat-phalany aṅgulisu

tisthan madhye sva-parisuhrdo hasayan narmabhih svaih

svarge loke misati bubhuje yajna-bhug bala-kelih

bibhrat venum-keeping the flute; jathara-patayoh-between the tight clothing and the abdomen; srṅga-vetre-both the horn bugle and the cow-driving stick; ca-also; kakse-on the waist; vame-on the left-hand side; panau-taking in hand; masrna-kavalam-very nice food prepared with rice and first-class yogurt; tat-phalani-suitable pieces of fruit like bael; aṅgulisu-between the fingers; tisthan-staying in this way; madhye-in the middle; sva-pari-suhrdah-His own personal associates; hasayan-making them laugh; narmabhih-with joking words; svaih-His own; svarge loke misati-while the inhabitants of the heavenly planets, Svargaloka, were watching this wonderful scene; bubhuje-Krsna enjoyed; yajna-bhuk bala-kelih-although He accepts offerings in yajna, for the sake of childhood pastimes He was enjoying foodstuffs very jubilantly with His cowherd boyfriends.

TRANSLATION

Krsna is yajna-bhuk-that is, He eats only offerings of yajna-but to exhibit His childhood pastimes, He now sat with His flute tucked between His waist and His tight cloth on His right side and with His horn bugle and cow-driving stick on His left. Holding in His hand a very nice preparation of yogurt and rice, with pieces of suitable fruit between His fingers, He sat like the whorl of a lotus flower, looking forward toward all His friends, personally joking with them and creating jubilant laughter among them as He ate. At that time, the denizens of heaven were watching, struck with wonder at how the Personality of Godhead, who eats only in yajna, was now eating with His friends in the forest.

PURPORT

When Krsna was eating with His cowherd boyfriends, a certain bumblebee came there to take part in the eating. Thus Krsna joked, "Why have you come to disturb My brahmana friend Madhumaṅgala? You want to kill a brahmana. This is not good." All the boys would laugh and enjoy, speaking such joking words while eating. Thus the inhabitants of the higher planets were astonished at how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who eats only when yajna is offered, was now eating like an ordinary child with His friends in the forest.

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