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RY OF CULTURE
 
स्कृति मंत्रालय
 
● GOVERNMENT OF A
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 
शकटभञ्जनम्-THE SHATTERING OF SAKATA
 
कदाचिदौत्थानिककौतुकालवे
नन्दस्य पत्नी कृतमज्जनादिकम् ।
सञ्जातनिद्राक्षमशीशयच्छनैः
रुदंस्तनार्थी चरणावुदक्षिपत् ॥
 
263
 
SL
 
Once, on the occasion of the festive
bath, marking the taking out of the child,
Yasoda bathed and slowly laid to sleep
the child in whose eyes sleep had
appeared. (But), desiring milk, He cried
and kicked His feet.
 
अधश्शयानस्य शिशोरनोऽल्पक-
प्रवालमृद्वहितं व्यवर्तत।
व्यत्यस्तचक्राक्षविभिन्नकूबरं
नन्दादयश्चाद्भुतदर्शनाकुलाः ॥
 
Kicked by the tiny feet, soft like
sprouts, of that child lying on the ground,
a cart (nearby) capsized, with its wheels