SB 10.30.16

SB 10.30.16

Devanagari

दैत्यायित्वा जहारान्यामेको कृष्णार्भभावनाम् । रिङ्गयामास काप्यङ्‌‌‌घ्री कर्षन्ती घोषनि:स्वनै: ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

daityāyitvā jahārānyām eko kṛṣṇārbha-bhāvanām riṅgayām āsa kāpy aṅghrī karṣantī ghoṣa-niḥsvanaiḥ

Synonyms

daityāyitvā imitating a demon (namely Tṛṇāvarta) ; jahāra carried away ; anyām another gopī ; ekā one gopī ; kṛṣṇa arbha — of the infant Kṛṣṇa ; bhāvanām who was assuming the mood ; riṅgayām āsa crawled about ; kā api one of them ; aṅghrī her two feet ; karṣantī dragging ; ghoṣa of tinkling bells ; niḥsvanaiḥ with the sounding .

Translation

One gopī took the role of Tṛṇāvarta and carried away another, who was acting like infant Kṛṣṇa, while yet another gopī crawled about, her ankle bells tinkling as she pulled her feet.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

One gopī took the role of Tṛṇāvarta and carried away another, who was acting like infant Kṛṣṇa, while yet another gopī crawled about, her ankle bells tinkling as she pulled her feet. KB 10.30.16 One gopī imitated child Kṛṣṇa and lay down on the ground, and one gopī became the demon Tṛṇāvarta and carried the small child Kṛṣṇa by force into the sky; and one of the gopīs began to imitate Kṛṣṇa while He was attempting to walk, ringing His ankle bells.

Purport

The gopīs started imitating all of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, beginning from His earliest activities as a baby.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

One gopi imitated Trnavarta (daityayitva eka) who stole another gopi acting like the small child Krsna (krsnarbha bhavanam)

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

One gopī imitated the mood of Kṛṣṇa as a baby, and became absorbed in fear. One gopī crawled, making sounds with ankle bells, or employing ankle bells since she already had ankle bells on her feet. In this way she imitated Kṛṣṇa crawling about.