तत्रोद्वहत् पशुपवंशशिशुत्वनाट्यं ब्रह्माद्वयं परमनन्तमगाधबोधम् । वत्सान् सखीनिव पुरा परितो विचिन्व- देकं सपाणिकवलं परमेष्ठ्यचष्ट ॥ ६१ ॥
tatrodvahat paśupa-vaṁśa-śiśutva-nāṭyaṁ brahmādvayaṁ param anantam agādha-bodham vatsān sakhīn iva purā parito vicinvad ekaṁ sa-pāṇi-kavalaṁ parameṣṭhy acaṣṭa
- tatra
- there (in Vṛndāvana)
- udvahat
- assuming
- paśupa-vaṁśa-śiśutva-nāṭyam
- the play of being a child in a family of cowherd men (another of Kṛṣṇa’s names is Gopāla, “He who maintains the cows”)
- brahma
- the Absolute Truth
- advayam
- without a second
- param
- the Supreme
- anantam
- unlimited
- agādha-bodham
- possessing unlimited knowledge
- vatsān
- the calves
- sakhīn
- and His friends, the boys
- iva purā
- just as before
- paritaḥ
- everywhere
- vicinvat
- searching
- ekam
- alone, all by Himself
- sa-pāṇi-kavalam
- with a morsel of food in His hand
- parameṣṭhī
- Lord Brahmā
- acaṣṭa
- saw
Then Lord Brahmā saw the Absolute Truth — who is one without a second, who possesses full knowledge and who is unlimited — assuming the role of a child in a family of cowherd men and standing all alone, just as before, with a morsel of food in His hand, searching everywhere for the calves and His cowherd friends.