बिभ्रद् वेणुं जठरपटयो: शृङ्गवेत्रे च कक्षे वामे पाणौ मसृणकवलं तत्फलान्यङ्गुलीषु । तिष्ठन् मध्ये स्वपरिसुहृदो हासयन् नर्मभि: स्वै: स्वर्गे लोके मिषति बुभुजे यज्ञभुग् बालकेलि: ॥ ११ ॥
bibhrad veṇuṁ jaṭhara-paṭayoḥ śṛṅga-vetre ca kakṣe vāme pāṇau masṛṇa-kavalaṁ tat-phalāny aṅgulīṣu tiṣṭhan madhye sva-parisuhṛdo hāsayan narmabhiḥ svaiḥ svarge loke miṣati bubhuje yajña-bhug bāla-keliḥ
- bibhrat veṇum
- keeping the flute
- jaṭhara-paṭayoḥ
- between the tight clothing and the abdomen
- śṛṅga-vetre
- both the horn bugle and the cow-driving stick
- ca
- also
- kakṣe
- on the waist
- vāme
- on the left-hand side
- pāṇau
- taking in hand
- masṛṇa-kavalam
- very nice food prepared with rice and first-class curd
- tat-phalāni
- suitable pieces of fruit like bael
- aṅgulīṣu
- between the fingers
- tiṣṭhan
- staying in this way
- madhye
- in the middle
- sva-pari-suhṛdaḥ
- His own personal associates
- hāsayan
- making them laugh
- narmabhiḥ
- with joking words
- svaiḥ
- His own
- svarge loke miṣati
- while the inhabitants of the heavenly planets, Svargaloka, were watching this wonderful scene
- bubhuje
- Kṛṣṇa enjoyed
- yajña-bhuk bāla-keliḥ
- although He accepts offerings in yajña, for the sake of childhood pastimes He was enjoying foodstuffs very jubilantly with His cowherd boyfriends
Kṛṣṇa is yajña-bhuk — that is, He eats only offerings of yajña — but to exhibit His childhood pastimes, He now sat with His flute tucked between His waist and His tight cloth on His right side and with His horn bugle and cow-driving stick on His left. Holding in His hand a very nice preparation of yogurt and rice, with pieces of suitable fruit between His fingers, He sat like the whorl of a lotus flower, looking forward toward all His friends, personally joking with them and creating jubilant laughter among them as He ate. At that time, the denizens of heaven were watching, struck with wonder at how the Personality of Godhead, who eats only in yajña, was now eating with His friends in the forest.