तत्र दृष्ट्वा मणिप्रेष्ठं बालक्रीडनकं कृतम् । हर्तुं कृतमतिस्तस्मिन्नवतस्थेऽर्भकान्तिके ॥ २० ॥
tatra dṛṣṭvā maṇi-preṣṭhaṁ bāla-krīḍanakaṁ kṛtam hartuṁ kṛta-matis tasminn avatasthe ’rbhakāntike
- tatra
- there
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- maṇi-preṣṭham
- the most precious of jewels
- bāla
- of a child
- krīḍanakam
- the plaything
- kṛtam
- made
- hartum
- to take it away
- kṛta-matiḥ
- deciding
- tasmin
- there
- avatasthe
- He placed Himself
- arbhaka-antike
- near the child
There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw that the most precious of jewels had been made into a child’s plaything. Determined to take it away, He approached the child.