Shloka 6
Dāmodara-līlā: Mother Yaśodā Binds Kṛṣṇa; the Two-Fingers Mystery; Prelude to the Yamala-Arjuna Deliverance
सञ्जातकोप: स्फुरितारुणाधरं सन्दश्य दद्भिर्दधिमन्थभाजनम् । भित्त्वा मृषाश्रुर्दृषदश्मना रहो जघास हैयङ्गवमन्तरं गत: ॥ ६ ॥
sañjāta-kopaḥ sphuritāruṇādharaṁ sandaśya dadbhir dadhi-mantha-bhājanam bhittvā mṛṣāśrur dṛṣad-aśmanā raho jaghāsa haiyaṅgavam antaraṁ gataḥ
Angered, biting His reddish lips with His teeth and filling His eyes with feigned tears, Kṛṣṇa smashed the yogurt pot with a piece of stone. Then He slipped into an inner room and, in a hidden place, began to eat the freshly churned butter.
It is natural that when a child becomes angry he can begin crying with false tears in his eyes. So Kṛṣṇa did this, and biting His reddish lips with His teeth, He broke the pot with a stone, entered a room and began to eat the freshly churned butter.
FAQs
In Bhagavatam 10.9.6, Kṛṣṇa, angered, bites His reddened lips and breaks the churning pot with a stone, then goes to a hidden place to eat fresh butter—revealing His playful, childlike līlā in Vraja.
This verse says He shed mṛṣā-aśru—false tears—showing how the Supreme Lord, as a child, acts like an ordinary boy to deepen the sweetness of His relationship with His devotees in vātsalya-bhakti.
The shloka highlights intimacy with God: devotion is not only awe and reverence, but loving relationship. Practically, it encourages cultivating heartfelt bhakti—simple, personal remembrance and service—rather than approaching spirituality only as fear or formality.