Gopala Vimsati 5/21

5. hartum. kumbhe vinihita kara: svAdu hayangavInam.

dRshTvA dhAmagrahaNacatulAm. mAtaram. jAtaroshAm|

pAyadhISat pracalitapado nApagacchan na tishTan

mithyAgopa: sapadi nayane mIlayan visvagoptA ||

      1.       hartum – sieze

            2.       kumbh – pot

            3.       vinihita kara – with the hand inside

            4.       svAdu – delicious

            5.       hayangavInam – fresh butter

            6.       dRshTvA – having seen

            7.       dhAmagrahaNa - to get a rope

            8.       catulAm – perturbed

            9.       mAtaram – mother

          10.    jAtaroshAm –getting angry

          11.   pAyad – should protect -

          12.   ISat - little

          13.   pracalita pada – moved his leg

          14.   na Apagacchan – not going

          15.   na tishTan – not sitting

          16.   mithyAgopa – one who falsely adorned the role of a cowherd

          17.   sapadi – immediately

          18.   nayane – eyes

          19.   mIlayan – closing

     20. vishvagoptA – one who protects the world

Butter is usually kept in a pot. Yashodha matha keeps the butter secretively in a kudam (deep pot that is used to fetch water). Krishna the naughty little boy puts his hands into the pot right up toh his shoulders and eats the butter when the mother is away for a few minutes but is caught in the act. His mother Yashodha on seeing Krishna eating the butter is very angry and turns to get a rope to tie the little boy. Krishna on seeing his angry mother pretends he is very scared, lifting on leg to go away from the scene but does not go.  He closes his eyes in an attempt to avoid the impending actions due to his mother’s anger in a similar manner to what ordinary normal humans do. Swami Desikan enjoys this scene and goes on to admire Krishna’s simplicity and says let lord Krishna who is so simple protect the world (Vishwam).