18 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when Krsna was unable to find the calves, He
returned to the bank of the river, but there He was also unable to
see the cowherd boys. Thus He began to search for both the calves
and the boys, as if He could not understand what had happened.
PURPORT
Krsna could immediately understand that Brahma had taken away
both the calves and the boys, but as an innocent child He searched here
and there so that Brahma could not understand Krsna’s maya. This was
all a dramatic performance. A player knows everything, but still he plays
on the stage in such a way that others do not understand him.
TEXT 17
BAC Aaris Tar Wess alag |
ay fated Su: acaTTaAT = IRI
kvdpy adrstvantar-vipine
vatsan palams ca visva-vit
sarvam vidhi-krtam krsnah
sahasdvajagama ha
kva api—anywhere; adrstvd—not seeing at all; antah-vipine —within
the forest; vatsén—the calves; pdlan ca—and their caretakers, the
cowherd boys; visva-vit—Krsna, who is aware of everything going on
throughout the whole cosmic manifestation; sarvam—everything; vidhi-
krtam—was executed by Brahma; krsnah—Lord Krsna; sahasé—
immediately; avajagama ha—could understand.
TRANSLATION
When Krsna was unable to find the calves and their caretakers,
the cowherd boys, anywhere in the forest, He could suddenly
understand that this was the work of Lord Brahma.
