Devanagari
एवं समयमाकर्ण्य बद्ध्वा परिकरं प्रभु: ।
आत्मानं सप्तधा कृत्वा न्यगृह्णाल्लीलयैव तान् ॥ ४५ ॥
Verse text
evaṁ samayam ākarṇya
baddhvā parikaraṁ prabhuḥ
ātmānaṁ saptadhā kṛtvā
nyagṛhṇāl līlayaiva tān
Synonyms
evam
—
thus
;
samayam
—
the condition
;
ākarṇya
—
hearing
;
baddhvā
—
tightening
;
parikaram
—
His clothing
;
prabhuḥ
—
the Lord
;
ātmānam
—
Himself
;
saptadhā
—
as seven
;
kṛtvā
—
making
;
nyagṛhṇāt
—
He subdued
;
līlayā
—
like play
;
eva
—
simply
;
tān
—
them .
Translation
Upon hearing these terms, the Lord tightened His clothing, expanded Himself into seven forms and easily subdued the bulls.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Upon hearing these terms, the Lord tightened His clothing, expanded Himself into seven forms and easily subdued the bulls.
KB 10.58.45
After hearing this statement, Kṛṣṇa could understand that the King did not want to break his vow. Thus, in order to fulfill his desire, He tightened His belt and prepared to fight with the bulls. He immediately divided Himself into seven Kṛṣṇas, and each one of Them immediately caught hold of a bull and bridled its nose, thus bringing it under control as if it were a plaything.
Kṛṣṇa’s dividing Himself into seven is very significant. It was known to Satyā, the daughter of King Nagnajit, that Kṛṣṇa had already married many other wives, but still she was attached to Kṛṣṇa. In order to encourage her, Kṛṣṇa immediately expanded Himself into seven. The purport is that Kṛṣṇa is one, but He has unlimited forms of expansions. He married many thousands of wives, but this does not mean that while He was with one wife the others were bereft of His association. Kṛṣṇa could associate with each and every wife by His expansions.
Purport
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Lord Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself into seven forms not only to playfully defeat the seven bulls but also to show Princess Satya that she would not have to compete with His other queens, since He could enjoy with all of them simultaneously.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In expanding himself into seven forms Krsna was showing Satya that he could enjoy with many women without any loss for her.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
After hearing this rule the Lord bound his clothing. It should be understood that he smiled. He bound his clothing tightly, showing he was fully capable (prabhuḥ) or being capable because of previous practice as a cowherd. Expanding his form into seven, he easily subdued the bulls. The word eva can also indicate that it only appeared that he had seven forms, since he moved so quickly.