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ŚB 10.26.9

Devanagari

वत्सेषु वत्सरूपेण प्रविशन्तं जिघांसया । हत्वा न्यपातयत्तेन कपित्थानि च लीलया ॥ ९ ॥

Text

vatseṣu vatsa-rūpeṇa
praviśantaṁ jighāṁsayā
hatvā nyapātayat tena
kapitthāni ca līlayā

Synonyms

vatseṣu — among the calves; vatsa-rūpeṇa — appearing as if another calf; praviśantam — who had entered; jighāṁsayā — wanting to kill; hatvā — killing him; nyapātayat — He made to fall; tena — by him; kapitthāni — the kapittha fruits; ca — and; līlayā — as a sport.

Translation

Desiring to kill Kṛṣṇa, the demon Vatsa disguised himself as a calf and entered among Kṛṣṇa’s calves. But Kṛṣṇa killed the demon and, using his body, enjoyed the sport of knocking kapittha fruits down from the trees.