Shloka 122
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
पुत्रस्नेहात् परिष्वज्य मूर्थ्नि चाप्राय माधव । कुतः क्षीरोदनं वत्स मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्
putrasnehāt pariṣvajya mūrdhni cāprāya mādhava | kutaḥ kṣīrodanaṃ vatsa munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām ||
മാധവാ, പുത്രസ്നേഹത്തോടെ എന്നെ ചേർത്തുപിടിച്ച് തലയിൽ മുത്തമിട്ട് (മാതാവ് പറഞ്ഞു)— “മകനേ, ഭാവിതാത്മ മുണിമാർക്ക് ക്ഷീരോദനം എവിടെ നിന്നു?”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts natural affection (embracing and kissing out of parental love) with the disciplined lifestyle of realized sages. It implies that while tenderness may arise from love, indulgent comforts—symbolized by milk-rice—do not suit those who have cultivated self-mastery and austerity.
Vāsudeva addresses Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) in an intimate, affectionate manner—embracing and kissing him—then rhetorically questions the appropriateness of providing soft, indulgent food like milk-rice for munis who are bhāvitātmānaḥ, i.e., spiritually disciplined ascetics.