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
ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಉರಿದು, ಹಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ಕೆಂಪಾದ ತುಟಿಯನ್ನು ಕಚ್ಚುತ್ತಾ, ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ನಕಲಿ ಕಣ್ಣೀರು ತುಂಬಿಕೊಂಡು, ಕೃಷ್ಣನು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ತುಂಡಿನಿಂದ ಮೊಸರಿನ ಪಾತ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಒಡೆದನು. ನಂತರ ಒಳಗಿನ ಕೋಣೆಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ, ಏಕಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸದಾಗಿ ಮಥಿಸಿದ ಬೆಣ್ಣೆಯನ್ನು ತಿನ್ನತೊಡಗಿದನು.
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.