sa—mother Yasoda; grhitva—taking; kare—within the hands (being anxious about what Krsna might have eaten); krsnam—Krsna; upalabhya—wanted to chastise Him; hita-esini—because she was anxious for the welfare of Krsna, she became very much agitated, thinking, “How is it that Krsna has eaten earth?”; yasoda—mother Yasoda; bhaya-sambhranta-preksana-aksam—began to look very carefully within Krsna’s mouth in fear, to see if Krsna had eaten something dangerous; abhasata—began to address Krsna.