Shloka 7
The Vraja Elders Question Kṛṣṇa’s Identity; Nanda Recounts Garga’s Prophecy
क्वचिद्धैयङ्गवस्तैन्ये मात्रा बद्ध उदूखले । गच्छन्नर्जुनयोर्मध्ये बाहुभ्यां तावपातयत् ॥ ७ ॥
kvacid dhaiyaṅgava-stainye mātrā baddha udūkhale gacchann arjunayor madhye bāhubhyāṁ tāv apātayat
ครั้งหนึ่งเมื่อถูกจับได้ว่าขโมยเนย มารดาจึงผูกพระกฤษณะด้วยเชือกไว้กับครกไม้ แล้วพระองค์คลานด้วยสองมือ ลากครกผ่านระหว่างต้นอรชุนคู่หนึ่งและทรงดึงให้ล้มลง
The two arjuna trees were old and thick, and they towered above little Kṛṣṇa’s courtyard. Nevertheless, they were pulled down quite easily by the naughty child.
FAQs
This verse shows Kṛṣṇa allowing Himself to be bound by Mother Yaśodā’s love, and then using that very binding (to the mortar) as the setting for His next mercy-filled pastime—toppling the arjuna trees.
While still bound, He crawled between the two trees and pulled them down, unfolding the divine plan by which the beings connected to those trees would be delivered—revealing that Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are acts of grace, not limitation.
Cultivate loving devotion and humility: when one accepts guidance and restraint offered in love (like Yaśodā’s), life’s “bindings” can become pathways for inner purification and divine remembrance.