Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 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; kṛtam — made; hartum — to take it away; kṛta-matiḥ — deciding; tasmin — there; avatasthe — He 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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