श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच भगवानपि ता रात्री: शारदोत्फुल्लमल्लिका: । वीक्ष्य रन्तुं मनश्चक्रे योगमायामुपाश्रित: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca bhagavān api tā rātṛīḥ śāradotphulla-mallikāḥ vīkṣya rantuṁ manaś cakre yoga-māyām upāśritaḥ
- śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva, the son of Śrīla Badarāyaṇa Vedavyāsa, said
- bhagavān
- Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- api
- although
- tāḥ
- those
- rātrīḥ
- nights
- śārada
- of autumn
- utphulla
- blossoming
- mallikāḥ
- the jasmine flowers
- vīkṣya
- seeing
- rantum
- to enjoy love
- manaḥ cakre
- He made up His mind
- yoga-māyām
- His spiritual potency that makes the impossible possible
- upāśritaḥ
- resorting to
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, full in all opulences, yet upon seeing those autumn nights scented with blossoming jasmine flowers, He turned His mind toward loving affairs. To fulfill His purposes He employed His internal potency.