SB 10.11.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

olaUKalaM ivak(SaRntaM
d"A°aA baŪM" svamaAtmajama,
ivalaAefya nand": 'ah"s$aa,"-
vad"naAe ivamaumaAeca h"

ulukhalam vikarsantam

damna baddham svam atmajam

vilokya nandah prahasad-

vadano vimumoca ha

ulukhalam-the wooden mortar; vikarsantam-dragging; damna-by the rope; baddham-bound; svam atmajam-his own son Krsna; vilokya-by seeing; nandah-Maharaja Nanda; prahasat-vadanah-whose face began to smile when he saw the wonderful child; vimumoca ha-released Him from the bonds.

TRANSLATION

When Nanda Maharaja saw his own son bound with ropes to the wooden mortar and dragging it, he smiled and released Krsna from His bonds.

PURPORT

Nanda Maharaja was surprised that Yasoda, Krsna's mother, could have bound her beloved child in such a way. Krsna was exchanging love with her. How then could she have been so cruel as to bind Him to the wooden mortar? Nanda Maharaja understood this exchange of love, and therefore he smiled and released Krsna. In other words, as Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, binds a living entity in fruitive activities, He binds Mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja in parental affection. This is His pastime.