Shloka 4
Gokula’s Wonder, Kṛṣṇa’s Bhakta-vaśyatā, the Move to Vṛndāvana, and the Slaying of Vatsāsura and Bakāsura
बाला ऊचुरनेनेति तिर्यग्गतमुलूखलम् । विकर्षता मध्यगेन पुरुषावप्यचक्ष्महि ॥ ४ ॥
bālā ūcur aneneti tiryag-gatam ulūkhalam vikarṣatā madhya-gena puruṣāv apy acakṣmahi
The cowherd boys said, “It was Kṛṣṇa who did it. When He went between the two trees, the mortar became lodged crosswise; as He dragged it, both trees fell. Then two handsome men emerged from the trees—we saw it with our own eyes.”
Kṛṣṇa’s playmates wanted to inform Kṛṣṇa’s father of the exact situation by explaining that not only did the trees break, but out of the broken trees came two beautiful men. “All these things happened,” they said. “We have seen them with our own eyes.”
FAQs
This verse records the children’s testimony that the mortar was pulled sideways by the boy who went between the trees—confirming the miraculous event that leads to the liberation of the two beings who emerged.
They refer to the two divine beings who appeared after the trees fell—Nalakuvara and Manigriva—previously cursed to stand as the Yamala-arjuna trees and then delivered by Krishna.
Even the Supreme Lord allows Himself to be “bound” by love; cultivating sincere devotion and humility is presented as the path by which divine grace and inner freedom arise.