Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.56.20

tatra dṛṣṭvā maṇi-preṣṭhaḿ

bāla-krīḍanakaḿ kṛtam

hartuḿ kṛta-matis tasminn

avatasthe 'rbhakāntike

SYNONYMS

tatra — there; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; maṇi-preṣṭham — the most precious of jewels; bāla — of a child; krīḍanakam — the plaything; kṛtammade; hartumto take it away; kṛta-matiḥ — deciding; tasmin — there; avatastheHe placed Himself; arbhaka-antike — near the child.

TRANSLATION

There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that the most precious of jewels had been made into a child's plaything. Determined to take it away, He approached the child.

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