Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 9
Utthāna Ceremony, Śakaṭa-bhañga, Tṛṇāvarta-vadha, and the Vision of the Universe in Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth
ऊचुरव्यवसितमतीन् गोपान्गोपीश्च बालका: । रुदतानेन पादेन क्षिप्तमेतन्न संशय: ॥ ९ ॥
ūcur avyavasita-matīn gopān gopīś ca bālakāḥ rudatānena pādena kṣiptam etan na saṁśayaḥ
The assembled cowherd men and ladies began to contemplate how this thing had happened. “Is it the work of some demon or evil planet?” they asked. At that time, the small children present asserted that the cart had been kicked apart by the baby Kṛṣṇa. As soon as the crying baby had kicked the cart’s wheel, the cart had collapsed. There was no doubt about it.
We have heard of people’s being haunted by ghosts. Having no gross material body, a ghost seeks shelter of a gross body to stay in and haunt. The Śakaṭāsura was a ghost who had taken shelter of the handcart and was looking for the opportunity to do mischief to Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa kicked the cart with His small and very delicate legs, the ghost was immediately pushed down to the earth and his shelter dismantled, as already described. This was possible for Kṛṣṇa because He has full potency, as confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.32) :
FAQs
This verse records the Vraja residents’ certainty that the crying child Krishna kicked the object away with His foot, affirming the miracle witnessed in the Shakata episode.
Some were unsure how the heavy object could move; the elders and children who saw it directly insisted that Krishna, even as a crying infant, did it with His foot—removing doubt in the community.
It inspires faith that the Divine can overturn seemingly impossible obstacles, encouraging devotees to replace doubt with remembrance and trust in Krishna’s protection.