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TEXT 9
tam atta-yastim prasamiksya satvaras
tato varuhyapasasara bhitavat
gopy anvadhavan na yam apa yoginam
ksamam pravestum tapaseritam manah
SYNONYMS
tamunto mother Yasoda; atta-yastimcarrying in her hand a stick; prasamiksyaKrsna, seeing her in that attitude; satvarahvery quickly; tatahfrom there; avaruhyagetting down; apasasarabegan to flee; bhita-vatas if very much afraid; gopimother Yasoda; anvadhavatbegan to follow Him; nanot; yamunto whom; apafailed to reach; yoginamof great yogis, mystics; ksamamwho could reach Him; pravestumtrying to enter into the Brahman effulgence or Paramatma; tapasawith great austerities and penances; iritamtrying for that purpose; manahby meditation.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Sri Krsna saw His mother, stick in hand, He very quickly got down from the top of the mortar and began to flee as if very much afraid. Although yogis try to capture Him as Paramatma by meditation, desiring to enter into the effulgence of the Lord with great austerities and penances, they fail to reach Him. But mother Yasoda, thinking that same Personality of Godhead, Krsna, to be her son, began following Krsna to catch Him.
PURPORT
Yogis, mystics, want to catch Krsna as Paramatma, and with great austerities and penances they try to approach Him, yet they cannot. Here we see, however, that Krsna is going to be caught by Yasoda and is running away in fear. This illustrates the difference between the bhakta and the yogi. Yogis cannot reach Krsna, but for pure devotees like mother Yasoda, Krsna is already caught. Krsna was even afraid of mother Yasodas stick. This was mentioned by Queen Kunti in her prayers: bhaya-bhavanaya sthitasya (Bhag. 1.8.31). Krsna is afraid of mother Yasoda, and yogis are afraid of Krsna. Yogis try to reach Krsna by jnana-yoga and other yogas, but fail. Yet although mother Yasoda was a woman, Krsna was afraid of her, as clearly described in this verse.
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