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ŚB 10.77.23

Devanagari

निशम्य विप्रियं कृष्णो मानुषीं प्रकृतिं गत: ।
विमनस्को घृणी स्‍नेहाद् बभाषे प्राकृतो यथा ॥ २३ ॥

Text

niśamya vipriyaṁ kṛṣṇo
mānusīṁ prakṛtiṁ gataḥ
vimanasko ghṛṇī snehād
babhāṣe prākṛto yathā

Synonyms

niśamya — hearing; vipriyam — disturbing words; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; mānuṣīm — humanlike; prakṛtim — a nature; gataḥ — having assumed; vimanaskaḥ — unhappy; ghṛṇī — compassionate; snehāt — out of love; babhāṣe — He spoke; prākṛtaḥ — an ordinary person; yathā — like.

Translation

When He heard this disturbing news, Lord Kṛṣṇa, who was playing the role of a mortal man, showed sorrow and compassion, and out of love for His parents He spoke the following words like an ordinary conditioned soul.