तान् दृष्ट्वा भयसन्त्रस्तानूचे कृष्णोऽस्य भीभयम् । मित्राण्याशान्मा विरमतेहानेष्ये वत्सकानहम् ॥ १३ ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā bhaya-santrastān ūce kṛṣṇo ’sya bhī-bhayam mitrāṇy āśān mā viramate- hāneṣye vatsakān aham
- tān
- that those calves were going away
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- bhaya-santrastān
- to the cowherd boys, who were disturbed by fear that within the dense forest the calves would be attacked by some ferocious animals
- ūce
- Kṛṣṇa said
- kṛṣṇaḥ asya bhī-bhayam
- Kṛṣṇa, who is Himself the fearful element of all kinds of fear (when Kṛṣṇa is present, there is no fear)
- mitrāṇi
- My dear friends
- āśāt
- from your enjoyment of eating
- mā viramata
- do not stop
- iha
- in this place, in this spot
- āneṣye
- I shall bring back
- vatsakān
- the calves
- aham
- I
When Kṛṣṇa saw that His friends the cowherd boys were frightened, He, the fierce controller even of fear itself, said, just to mitigate their fear, “My dear friends, do not stop eating. I shall bring your calves back to this spot by personally going after them Myself.”