anyathā pūrṇa-kāmasya
kaivalyādy-aśiṣāḿ pateḥ
īśitavyaiḥ kim asmābhir
īśasyaitad viḍambanam
anyatha -- otherwise; purna-kamasya -- of Him whose every possible desire is fulfilled; kaivalya -- of liberation; adi -- and others; asisham -- benedictions; pateh -- the master; isitavyaih -- with those who are meant to be controlled; kim -- what; asmabhih -- with us; isasya -- of Him who is the absolute controller; etat -- this; vidambanam -- pretense.
Otherwise, why would the supreme controller -- whose every desire is already fulfilled and who is the master of liberation and all other transcendental benedictions -- enact this pretense with us, who are always to be controlled by Him?
Although Lord Krishna is the Absolute Truth, He humbly sent His cowherd boyfriends to beg food from the brahmanas. In so doing, He exposed the brahmanas' foolish arrogance and established the glories of His own transcendental beauty by attracting their very wives to surrender at His lotus feet.
