निशम्य विप्रियं कृष्णो मानुषीं प्रकृतिं गत: । विमनस्को घृणी स्नेहाद् बभाषे प्राकृतो यथा ॥ २३ ॥
niśamya vipriyaṁ kṛṣṇo mānusīṁ prakṛtiṁ gataḥ vimanasko ghṛṇī snehād babhāṣe prākṛto yathā
- niśamya
- hearing
- vipriyam
- disturbing words
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- mānuṣīm
- humanlike
- prakṛtim
- a nature
- gataḥ
- having assumed
- vimanaskaḥ
- unhappy
- ghṛṇī
- compassionate
- snehāt
- out of love
- babhāṣe
- He spoke
- prākṛtaḥ
- an ordinary person
- yathā
- like
When He heard this disturbing news, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was playing the role of a mortal man, showed sorrow and compassion, and out of love for His parents He spoke the following words like an ordinary conditioned soul.