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TEXT 18
sva-matuh svinna-gatraya
visrasta-kabara-srajah
drstva parisramam krsnah
krpayasit sva-bandhane
SYNONYMS
sva-matuhof His own mother (Krsnas mother, Yasodadevi); svinna-gatrayahwhen Krsna saw His mother perspiring all over because of unnecessary labor; visrastawere falling down; kabarafrom her hair; srajahof whom the flowers; drstvaby seeing the condition of His mother; parisramamHe could understand that she was now overworked and feeling fatigued; krsnahthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; krpayaby His causeless mercy upon His devotee and mother; asitagreed; sva-bandhanein binding Him.
TRANSLATION
Because of mother Yasodas hard labor, her whole body became covered with perspiration, and the flowers and comb were falling from her hair. When child Krsna saw His mother thus fatigued, He became merciful to her and agreed to be bound.
PURPORT
When mother Yasoda and the other ladies finally saw that Krsna, although decorated with many bangles and other jeweled ornaments, could not be bound with all the ropes available in the house, they decided that Krsna was so fortunate that He could not be bound by any material condition. Thus they gave up the idea of binding Him. But in competition between Krsna and His devotee, Krsna sometimes agrees to be defeated. Thus Krsnas internal energy, yogamaya, was brought to work, and Krsna agreed to be bound by mother Yasoda.
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