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TEXT 3
ksaumam vasah prthu-kati-tate bibhrati sutra-naddham
putra-sneha-snuta-kuca-yugam jata-kampam ca subhruh
rajjv-akarsa-srama-bhuja-calat-kankanau kundale ca
svinnam vaktram kabara-vigalan-malati nirmamantha
SYNONYMS
ksaumamsaffron and yellow mixed; vasahmother Yasoda was wearing such a sari; prthu-kati-tatesurrounding her large hips; bibhratishaking; sutra-naddhambound with a belt; putra-sneha-snutabecause of intense love for her child, became wet with milk; kuca-yugamthe nipples of her breasts; jata-kampam caas they were very nicely moving and quivering; su-bhruhwho had very beautiful eyebrows; rajju-akarsaby pulling on the rope of the churning rod; sramabecause of the labor; bhujaon whose hands; calat-kankanauthe two bangles were moving; kundalethe two earrings; caalso; svinnamher hair was black like a cloud, so perspiration was dropping like rain; vaktramthroughout her face; kabara-vigalat-malatiand malati flowers were dropping from her hair; nirmamanthathus mother Yasoda was churning the butter.
TRANSLATION
Dressed in a saffron-yellow sari, with a belt tied about her full hips, mother Yasoda pulled on the churning rope, laboring considerably, her bangles and earrings moving and vibrating and her whole body shaking. Because of her intense love for her child, her breasts were wet with milk. Her face, with its very beautiful eyebrows, was wet with perspiration, and malati flowers were falling from her hair.
PURPORT
Anyone who desires to be Krsna conscious in motherly affection or parental affection should contemplate the bodily features of mother Yasoda. It is not that one should desire to become like Yasoda, for this is Mayavada. Either in parental affection or conjugal love, friendship or servitorshipin any waywe must follow in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vrndavana, not try to become like them. Therefore this description is provided here. Advanced devotees must cherish this description, always thinking of mother Yasodas featureshow she was dressed, how she was working and perspiring, how beautifully the flowers were arranged in her hair, and so on. One should take advantage of the full description provided here by thinking of mother Yasoda in maternal affection for Krsna.
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