BRS 2.1.341

BRS 2.1.341

Verse Text

yathā – ahaha navāmbuda-kānter amuṣya sukumāratā kumārasya | api nava-pallava-saṅgād aṅgāny aparajya śīryanti ||341||

Translation

Ah! So tender is the body of this young boy with the complexion of a new cloud that by touching new shoots, His limbs become bruised and torn.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Aparajya means His limbs undergo pain so that they become discolored.

Purport (Nectar of Devotion)

It is described that every part of Kṛṣṇa’s body was so soft that even at the touch of newly grown leaves, the color of the touched part of His skin would change.