Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.11.41
కదాచిద్ యమునాతీరే వత్సాంశ్చారయతో: స్వకై: ।
వయస్యై: కృష్ణబలయోర్జిఘాంసుర్దైత్య ఆగమత్ ॥ ౪౧ ॥
kadācid yamunā-tīre
[kadaachid yamunaa-teere]
vatsāṁś cārayatoḥ svakaiḥ
[vatsaamsh chaarayatoh svakaih]
vayasyaiḥ kṛṣṇa-balayor
[vayasyaih krishna-balayor]
jighāṁsur daitya āgamat
[jighaamsur daitya aagamat]
Word-for-word
kadācit
—
sometimes
yamunā - tīre
—
on the bank of the Yamunā
vatsān
—
the calves
cārayatoḥ
—
when They were tending
svakaiḥ
—
Their own
vayasyaiḥ
—
with other playmates
kṛṣṇa - balayoḥ
—
both Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
jighāṁsuḥ
—
desiring to kill Them
daityaḥ
—
another demon
āgamat
—
reached there .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kadācid yamunā-tīre
kadācit
sometimes
yamunā - tīre
on the bank of the Yamunā
vatsāṁś cārayatoḥ svakaiḥ
vatsān
the calves
cārayatoḥ
when They were tending
svakaiḥ
Their own
vayasyaiḥ kṛṣṇa-balayor
vayasyaiḥ
with other playmates
kṛṣṇa - balayoḥ
both Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma
jighāṁsur daitya āgamat
jighāṁsuḥ
desiring to kill Them
daityaḥ
another demon
āgamat
reached there .
One day while Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, along with Their playmates, were tending the calves on the bank of the river Yamunā, another demon arrived there, desiring to kill Them.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
One day while Rāma and Kṛṣṇa, along with Their playmates, were tending the calves on the bank of the River Yamunā, another demon arrived there, desiring to kill Them.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
This describes a particular incident. Generally they played near vatsa-krīḍaṇaka-sthāna and bhakta-krīḍṇaka-sthāna, near the Yamunā. They played with their intimate (svakaiḥ) friends, objects of great affection. The demon showed his hatred by interrupting the bliss of their pastimes.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
This describes a particular incident. Svakaiḥ means “their friends” or those who gave happiness (kaiḥ) to the two boys (sva). Thus it means those friends were most dear. Vayasyaiḥ indicates that the other boys were about the same age. He would necessarily kill the demon to please the boys.
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Personal Guidance
Even amid simple, joyful duty — tending calves with friends — demons arrive; Kṛṣṇa's shelter is the only constant in a world that hides threats inside the ordinary.
Practical Applications
- Name one 'ordinary' part of today — a commute, a meal, a meeting — and consciously place it under Kṛṣṇa's shelter before you begin it.
- Notice when an unexpected difficulty arrives and refuse the reflex of panic; instead, remember that Rāma and Kṛṣṇa met every daitya without abandoning their play.
- Do your sva-dharma today (your studies, work, household task) in the company of like-minded vayasyas — sādhu-saṅga turns even routine duty into līlā.
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