Shloka 43
एकस्मिन्नपि यातेऽब्दे प्राणेशं चान्तरात्मन: । कृष्णमायाहता राजन् क्षणार्धं मेनिरेऽर्भका: ॥ ४३ ॥
ekasminn api yāte ’bde prāṇeśaṁ cāntarātmanaḥ kṛṣṇa-māyāhatā rājan kṣaṇārdhaṁ menire ’rbhakāḥ
O King, although the boys had passed an entire year apart from the Lord of their very lives, the indwelling Paramātmā, they were covered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency and thus considered that year merely half a moment.
FAQs
This verse states that even though a full year passed, the cowherd boys—covered by Kṛṣṇa’s māyā—felt it was only half a moment, showing His divine control over experience and time.
Śukadeva is narrating Kṛṣṇa’s Vraja-līlā to Parīkṣit and highlights the wonder of Yogamāyā: the boys remained unaware of the year-long interval because Kṛṣṇa, their very life and inner Self, arranged it.
It reminds devotees that the Lord can reshape one’s inner experience; by steady bhakti and remembrance of Kṛṣṇa as the indwelling guide, anxiety about time and outcomes can lessen.