Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 13


Sanskrit:

चकोरक्रौञ्चचक्राह्वभारद्वाजांश्च बर्हिण: ।अनुरौति स्म सत्त्वानां भीतवद् व्याघ्रसिंहयो: ॥ १३ ॥

ITRANS:

cakora-krauñca-cakrāhva-bhāradvājāṁś ca barhiṇaḥanurauti sma sattvānāṁbhīta-vad vyāghra-siṁhayoḥ

Translation:

Sometimes He would cry out in imitation of birds such as the cakoras, krauñcas, cakrāhvas, bhāradvājas and peacocks, and sometimes He would run away with the smaller animals in mock fear of lions and tigers.

Purport:

The word bhīta-vat, “as if afraid,” indicates that Lord Kṛṣṇa played just like an ordinary boy and ran with the smaller forest creatures in mock fear of the lions and tigers. Actually, in Vṛndāvana, the abode of the Lord, the lions and tigers are not violent, and thus there is no reason to fear them.