384
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 7]
time played the part of the Almighty Lord whenever it was so required. The beauty of such pastimes was that the Lord fulfilled everyone's desire. In the case of felling the gigantic  arjuna  tree, the Lord's mission was to deliver the two sons of Kuvera, who were condemned to become trees by the curse of Nārada, as well as to play like a crawling child in the yard of Yaśodā, who took transcendental pleasure in seeing such activities of the Lord in the very yard of her home.
The Lord in any condition is Lord of the universe, and He can act as such in any form, gigantic or small, as He likes.
TEXT 28
यद् वै व्रजे व्रजपशून् विषतोयपीतान् 
    पालांस्त्वजीवयदनुग्रहदृष्टिवृष्ट्या । 
    तच्छुद्धयेऽतिविषवीर्यविलोलजिह्व- 
    मुच्चाटयिष्यदुरगं विहरन् हदिन्याम्॥२८॥
yad vai vraje vraja-paśūn viṣatoya-pītān 
    pālāms tv ajīvayad anugraha-drṣṭi-vrṣṭyā 
    tac-chuddhaye'ti-viṣa-vīrya-vilola-jihvam 
    uccāṭayiṣyad uragam viharan hradinyām
yat—one who; vai—certainly; vraje—at Vṛndāvana; vraja-paśūn—the animals thereof; viṣa-toya—poisoned water; pītān—those who drank; pālān—the cowherd men; tu—also; ajīvayat—brought to life; anugraha-drṣṭi—merciful glance; vrṣṭyā—by the showers of; tat—that; śuddhaye—for purification; ati—exceedingly; viṣa-vīrya—highly potent poison; vilola—lurking; jihvam—one who has such a tongue; uccāṭayiṣyat—severely punished; uragam—unto the snake; viharan—taking it as a pleasure; hradinyām—in the river.
TRANSLATION
Then also when the cowherd boys and their animals drank the poisoned water of the River Yamunā, and after the Lord [in His childhood] revived them by His merciful glance, just to purify the water of the River Yamunā He jumped into it as if playing and chastised the venomous Kāliya snake,