ततो मुहूर्तं प्रकृतावुपप्लुत: स्वबोध आस्ते स्वजनानुषङ्गत: । महानुभावस्तदबुध्यदासुरीं मायां स शाल्वप्रसृतां मयोदिताम् ॥ २८ ॥
tato muhūrtaṁ prakṛtāv upaplutaḥ sva-bodha āste sva-janānuṣaṅgataḥ mahānubhāvas tad abudhyad āsurīṁ māyāṁ sa śālva-prasṛtāṁ mayoditām
- tataḥ
- then
- muhūrtam
- for a moment
- prakṛtau
- in ordinary (human) nature
- upaplutaḥ
- absorbed
- sva-bodhaḥ
- (although) fully self-cognizant
- āste
- He remained
- sva-jana
- for His dear ones
- anuṣaṅgataḥ
- due to His affection
- mahā-anubhāvaḥ
- the possessor of great powers of perception
- tat
- that
- abudhyat
- recognized
- āsurīm
- demoniac
- māyām
- the illusory magic
- saḥ
- He
- śālva
- by Śālva
- prasṛtām
- utilized
- maya
- by Maya Dānava
- uditām
- developed
By nature Lord Kṛṣṇa is full in knowledge, and He possesses unlimited powers of perception. Yet for a moment, out of great affection for His loved ones, He remained absorbed in the mood of an ordinary human being. He soon recalled, however, that this was all a demoniac illusion engineered by Maya Dānava and employed by Śālva.