Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 17
Kṛṣṇa Slays Kuvalayāpīḍa and Enters Kaṁsa’s Wrestling Arena
मल्लानामशनिर्नृणां नरवर: स्त्रीणां स्मरो मूर्तिमान्गोपानां स्वजनोऽसतां क्षितिभुजां शास्ता स्वपित्रो: शिशु: । मृत्युर्भोजपतेर्विराडविदुषां तत्त्वं परं योगिनांवृष्णीनां परदेवतेति विदितो रङ्गं गत: साग्रज: ॥ १७ ॥
mallānām aśanir nṛṇāṁ nara-varaḥ strīṇāṁ smaro mūrtimān gopānāṁ sva-jano ’satāṁ kṣiti-bhujāṁ śāstā sva-pitroḥ śiśuḥ mṛtyur bhoja-pater virāḍ aviduṣāṁ tattvaṁ paraṁ yogināṁ vṛṣṇīnāṁ para-devateti vidito raṅgaṁ gataḥ sāgrajaḥ
当奎师那与兄长一同入场时，众人各以其心观之：摔跤手视祂如霹雳；马图拉男子视祂为至上男儿；女子视祂为爱神亲临；牧人视祂为自家亲人；不义君王视祂为惩戒者；父母视祂为幼子；波阇之主甘萨视祂为死神；愚昧者视祂为宇宙巨相；瑜伽行者视祂为至高真理；而弗里什尼族则知祂为他们至上的可敬神明。
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī quotes the following verse, which explains the ten attitudes toward Kṛṣṇa described here:
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Because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person, each observer perceived Him according to their inner disposition—fear, desire, love, ignorance, or spiritual realization—revealing both His līlā and His absolute nature.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this to Mahārāja Parīkṣit while narrating Kṛṣṇa’s Mathurā līlā, describing Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma entering Kaṁsa’s wrestling arena.
It teaches that our perception of God mirrors our consciousness; by cultivating bhakti—hearing, chanting, and serving—we learn to see Kṛṣṇa not as an object of fear or desire, but as our dearest Lord and the Supreme Truth.