क्वाप्यदृष्ट्वान्तर्विपिने वत्सान्पालांश्च विश्ववित् । सर्वं विधिकृतं कृष्ण: सहसावजगाम ह ॥ १७ ॥
kvāpy adṛṣṭvāntar-vipine vatsān pālāṁś ca viśva-vit sarvaṁ vidhi-kṛtaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ sahasāvajagāma ha
- kva api
- anywhere
- adṛṣṭvā
- not seeing at all
- antaḥ-vipine
- within the forest
- vatsān
- the calves
- pālān ca
- and their caretakers, the cowherd boys
- viśva-vit
- Kṛṣṇa, who is aware of everything going on throughout the whole cosmic manifestation
- sarvam
- everything
- vidhi-kṛtam
- was executed by Brahmā
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- sahasā
- immediately
- avajagāma ha
- could understand
When Kṛṣṇa was unable to find the calves and their caretakers, the cowherd boys, anywhere in the forest, He could suddenly understand that this was the work of Lord Brahmā.