120 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8

na—not; aham—I; bhaksitavaén—have eaten dirt; amba—My dear
mother; sarve—all of them; mithya-abhisamsinah—all liars, simply
complaining against Me so that you may chastise Me; yadi—if it is ac-
tually a fact; satya-girah—that they have spoken the truth; tarhi—
then; samaksam—directly; pasya—see; me—My; mukham—mouth.

TRANSLATION

Lord Sri Krsna replied: My dear mother, I have never eaten dirt.
All My friends complaining against Me are liars. If you think they
are being truthful, you can directly look into My mouth and
examine it.

PURPORT

Krsna presented Himself as an innocent child to increase the transcen-
dental ecstasy of maternal affection. As described in the sdstra, tadana-
bhayan mithyoktir vatsalya-rasa-posikd. This means that sometimes a
small child speaks lies. For example, he may have stolen something or
eaten something and yet deny that he has done so. We ordinarily see this
in the material world, but in relation to Krsna it is different; such ac-
tivities are meant to endow the devotee with transcendental ecstasy. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead was playing as a liar and accusing all
the other devotees of being liars. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam
(10.12.11), krta-punya-punjah: a devotee may attain such an ecstatic
position after many, many births of devotional service. Persons who have
amassed the results of a vast amount of pious activities can attain the
stage of associating with Krsna and playing with Him like ordinary play-
mates. One should not consider these transactions of transcendental ser-
vice to be untruthful accusations. One should never accuse such devotees
of being ordinary boys speaking lies, for they attained this stage of
associating with Krsna by great austerities (tapasd brahmacaryena
Samena ca damena ca).

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