Shloka 10
Gokula’s Wonder, Kṛṣṇa’s Bhakta-vaśyatā, the Move to Vṛndāvana, and the Slaying of Vatsāsura and Bakāsura
क्रीणीहि भो: फलानीति श्रुत्वा सत्वरमच्युत: । फलार्थी धान्यमादाय ययौ सर्वफलप्रद: ॥ १० ॥
krīṇīhi bhoḥ phalānīti śrutvā satvaram acyutaḥ phalārthī dhānyam ādāya yayau sarva-phala-pradaḥ
Once a fruit seller called out, “Buy fruits!” Hearing her, Acyuta Kṛṣṇa at once took a handful of grains and went to barter, as though He desired fruit—though He Himself is the Giver of all fruits.
Aborigines generally go to the villagers to sell fruits. How much the aborigines were attached to Kṛṣṇa is here described. Kṛṣṇa, to show His favor to the aborigines, would immediately go purchase fruits, bartering with paddy in His hand as He had seen others do.
FAQs
This verse calls Kṛṣṇa “sarva-phala-prada,” showing that although He appears to seek a small fruit like an ordinary child, He is actually the Lord who grants every true result—especially the fruit of devotion.
In His Vraja childhood līlā, Kṛṣṇa responds eagerly and naturally, taking grains to exchange for fruits, revealing His sweet, humanlike play while remaining the supreme benefactor.
Approach God with simple sincerity—like offering what you have—remembering that the Lord who seems to accept small offerings is the one who can grant the highest “fruit”: inner purity and loving devotion.