SB 10.11.42

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 11: The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa

SB 10.11.41 - SB 10.11.43

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 42

taṁ vatsa-rūpiṇaṁ vīkṣya

vatsa-yūtha-gataṁ hariḥ

darśayan baladevāya

śanair mugdha ivāsadat

SYNONYMS

tam — unto the demon; vatsa-rūpiṇam — assuming the form of a calf; vīkṣya — seeing; vatsa-yūtha-gatam — when the demon entered the group of all the other calves; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; darśayan — indicating; baladevāya — unto Baladeva; śanaiḥ — very slowly; mugdhaḥ iva — as if He did not understand anything; āsadat — came near the demon.

TRANSLATION

When the Supreme Personality of Godhead saw that the demon had assumed the form of a calf and entered among the groups of other calves, He pointed out to Baladeva, "Here is another demon." Then He very slowly approached the demon, as if He did not understand the demon's intentions.

PURPORT

The import of the words mugdha iva is that although Kṛṣṇa knows everything, here He pretended that He did not understand why the demon had entered among the calves, and He informed Baladeva by a sign.

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