तत: कृष्णो मुदं कर्तुं तन्मातृणां च कस्य च । उभयायितमात्मानं चक्रे विश्वकृदीश्वर: ॥ १८ ॥
tataḥ kṛṣṇo mudaṁ kartuṁ tan-mātṝṇāṁ ca kasya ca ubhayāyitam ātmānaṁ cakre viśva-kṛd īśvaraḥ
- tataḥ
- thereafter
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- mudam
- pleasure
- kartum
- to create
- tat-mātṝṇām ca
- of the mothers of the cowherd boys and calves
- kasya ca
- and (the pleasure) of Brahmā
- ubhayāyitam
- expansion, both as the calves and as the cowherd boys
- ātmānam
- Himself
- cakre
- did
- viśva-kṛt īśvaraḥ
- it was not difficult for Him, for He is the creator of the whole cosmic manifestation
Thereafter, just to create pleasure both for Brahmā and for the mothers of the calves and cowherd boys, Kṛṣṇa, the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation, expanded Himself as calves and boys.