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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.30
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 30
- gṛhṇīta yad yad upabandham amuṣya mātā
- śulbaṁ sutasya na tu tat tad amuṣya māti
- yaj jṛmbhato 'sya vadane bhuvanāni gopī
- saṁvīkṣya śaṅkita-manāḥ pratibodhitāsīt
gṛhṇītaby taking up — by taking up; yatwhatsoever yatwhatsoever — whatsoever; upabandhamropes for tying — ropes for tying; amuṣyaHis — His; mātāmother — mother; śulbamropes — ropes; sutasyaof her son — of her son; nanot — not; tuhowever — however; tatby and by tatby and by — by and by; amuṣyaHis — His; mātiwas sufficient — was sufficient; yatthat which — that which; jṛmbhataḥopening the mouth — opening the mouth; asyaof Him — of Him; vadanein the mouth — in the mouth; bhuvanānithe worlds — the worlds; gopīthe cowherd woman — the cowherd woman; saṁvīkṣyaso seeing it — so seeing it; śaṅkitadoubtful in mind-manāḥdoubtful in mind — doubtful in mind; pratibodhitāconvinced in a different way — convinced in a different way; āsītwas so done — was so done.
When the cowherd woman [Kṛṣṇa's foster mother, Yaśodā] was trying to tie the hands of her son with ropes, she found the rope to be always insufficient in length, and when she finally gave up, Lord Kṛṣṇa, by and by, opened His mouth, wherein the mother found all the universes situated. Seeing this, she was doubtful in her mind, but she was convinced in a different manner of the mystic nature of her son.
One day Lord Kṛṣṇa as the naughty child disturbed His mother Yaśodā, and she began to tie up the child with ropes just to punish Him. But no matter how much rope she used, she found it always insufficient. Thus she became fatigued, but in the meantime the Lord opened His mouth, and the affectionate mother saw within the mouth of her son all the universes situated together. The mother was astonished, but out of her deep affection for Kṛṣṇa she thought that the Almighty Godhead Nārāyaṇa had kindly looked after her son just to protect Him from all the continuous calamities happening to Him. Because of her deep affection for Kṛṣṇa, she could never think that her very son was Nārāyaṇa, the Personality of Godhead Himself. That is the action of yogamāyā, the internal potency of the Supreme Lord, which acts to perfect all the pastimes of the Lord with His different types of devotees. Who could play such wonders without being God?