SB 1.8.31
वक्त्रं निनीय भयभावनया स्थितस्य सा मां विमोहयति भीरपि यद्बिभेति ॥ ३१ ॥
yā te daśāśru-kalilāñjana-sambhramākṣam
vaktraṁ ninīya bhaya-bhāvanayā sthitasya
sā māṁ vimohayati bhīr api yad bibheti
Synonyms
[when (yāvat)121]; gopī — the cowherd woman [Yaśodā]; ādade — took [jagrāha]; dāma — a rope [rajjum]; tvayi — [to bind] You [tvad-bandhanārtham122]; kṛtāgasi — after You had committed the transgression [of breaking the pot of yogurt (dadhi-bhāṇḍa-sphoṭanaṁ kṛtavati)]; tāvat — in that very moment [tat-kṣaṇam eva]; ninīya — [You] lowered [adhaḥ kṛtvā]; vaktram — Your face; sambhrama-akṣam — [as Your] restless eyes [vyākule akṣiṇī]; aśru-kalila-añjana — [filled with] tears mingled with collyrium [aśrubhiḥ kalilaṁ vyāmiśraṁ añjanaṁ yayoḥ te]; sā — that; daśā — condition [or state (avasthā)]; te — of Yours [tava]; yā — in which; sthitasya — [You] stood; bhaya-bhāvanayā — fearfully imagining [that she would punish You (tāḍayiṣyatīti bhayasya bhāvanayā)]; yat — [You] whom [from whom (yataḥ tvattaḥ)]; bhīḥ api — even Fear itself [svayam]; bibheti — fears; vimohayati — is greatly mystifying; mām — to me.
Translation
When the cowherd woman [Yaśodā] took a rope to bind You after You had committed the transgression of breaking the pot of yogurt, in that very moment, You lowered Your face, as Your restless eyes filled with tears mingled with collyrium. This condition of Yours, in which You stood fearfully imagining that she would punish You — You, whom even Fear itself fears — is greatly mystifying to me!