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RY OF CULTURE
 
स्कृति मंत्रालय
 
● GOVERNMENT OF A
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 

शकटभञ्जनम्-THE SHATTERING OF SAKATA
 

 
कदाचिदौत्थानिककौतुकाप्लवे

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-

प्रवालमृद्वहिङ्घ्रिहतं व्यवर्तत।

व्यस्तत्यस्तचक्राक्षविभिन्नकूबरं

नन्दादयश्चाद्भुतदर्शनाकुलाः ॥
 

Kicked by the tiny feet, soft like

sprouts, of that child lying on the ground,

a cart (nearby) capsized, with its wheels