श्रीशुक उवाच स्तुवतस्तस्य भगवान् दर्शयित्वा जले वपु: । भूय: समाहरत् कृष्णो नटो नाट्यमिवात्मन: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca stuvatas tasya bhagavān darśayitvā jale vapuḥ bhūyaḥ samāharat kṛṣṇo naṭo nāṭyam ivātmanaḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- stuvataḥ
- while praying
- tasya
- he, Akrūra
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- darśayitvā
- having shown
- jale
- in the water
- vapuḥ
- His personal form
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- samāharat
- withdrew
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa
- naṭaḥ
- an actor
- nāṭyam
- the performance
- iva
- as
- ātmanaḥ
- his own
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: While Akrūra was still offering prayers, the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa withdrew His form that He had revealed in the water, just as an actor winds up his performance.