Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 77: Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.23

niśamya vipriyaḿ kṛṣṇo

mānusīḿ prakṛtiḿ gataḥ

vimanasko ghṛṇī snehād

babhāṣe prākṛto yathā

SYNONYMS

niśamya — hearing; vipriyam — disturbing words; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; mānuṣīm — humanlike; prakṛtima nature; gataḥ — having assumed; vimanaskaḥ — unhappy; ghṛṇī — compassionate; snehāt — out of love; babhāṣeHe spoke; prākṛtaḥan ordinary person; yathā — like.

TRANSLATION

When He heard this disturbing news, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was playing the role of a mortal man, showed sorrow and compassion, and out of love for His parents He spoke the following words like an ordinary conditioned soul.

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