12 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13

that time, the denizens of heaven were watching, struck with
wonder at how the Personality of Godhead, who eats only in yajiia,
was now eating with His friends in the forest.

PURPORT

When Krsna was eating with His cowherd boyfriends, a certain
bumblebee came there to take part in the eating. Thus Krsna joked,
“Why have you come to disturb My bréhmana friend Madhumangala?
You want to kill a brahmana. This is not good.” All the boys would laugh
and enjoy, speaking such joking words while eating. Thus the inhabi-
tants of the higher planets were astonished at how the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, who eats only when yajfia is offered, was now eating
like an ordinary child with His friends in the forest.

TEXT 12

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bharataivarn vatsa-pesu
bhunjanesv acyutétmasu

vatsds tv antar-vane diiram
vivisus trna-lobhitah

bharata—O Maharaja Pariksit; evam—in this way (while they were
enjoying their lunch); vatsa-pesu—along with all the boys tending the
calves; bhurijanesu—engaged in taking their food; acyuta-dtmasu—all
of them being very near and dear to Acyuta, Krsna; vatséh—the calves;
tu—however; antah-vane—within the deep forest; diram—far away;
vivisuh—entered; trna-lobhitah—being allured by green grass.

TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, while the cowherd boys, who knew nothing
within the core ‘of their hearts but Krsna, were thus engaged in
eating their lunch in the forest, the calves went far away, deep into
the forest, being allured by green grass.
