वत्सेषु वत्सरूपेण प्रविशन्तं जिघांसया । हत्वा न्यपातयत्तेन कपित्थानि च लीलया ॥ ९ ॥
vatseṣu vatsa-rūpeṇa praviśantaṁ jighāṁsayā hatvā nyapātayat tena kapitthāni ca līlayā
- vatseṣu
- among the calves
- vatsa-rūpeṇa
- appearing as if another calf
- praviśantam
- who had entered
- jighāṁsayā
- wanting to kill
- hatvā
- killing him
- nyapātayat
- He made to fall
- tena
- by him
- kapitthāni
- the kapittha fruits
- ca
- and
- līlayā
- as a sport
Desiring to kill Kṛṣṇa, the demon Vatsa disguised himself as a calf and entered among Kṛṣṇa’s calves. But Kṛṣṇa killed the demon and, using his body, enjoyed the sport of knocking kapittha fruits down from the trees.