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larly, she has addressed the birds and the drones and inquired from them as to whether Krṣna has passed before them, and she has inquired if they can say anything about You. In this way, Mother Yaśodā in illusion was asking everybody about You, and she has been wandering all over Vṛndāvana.” This is madness in separation from Krṣna.
When Nanda Mahārāj was accused by Mother Yaśodā of being “hard-hearted,” he replied, “My dear Yaśodā, why are you becoming so agitated? Kindly look more carefully. Just see, your son Kṛṣṇa is standing before you! Don’t become a madwoman like this. Please keep my home peaceful.” And Kṛṣṇa was informed by some friend that His father Nanda was also in illusion in this way, in separation from Him.
When all the wives of Vasudeva were present in the arena of Kamsa, they saw the most pleasing bodily features of Krṣṇa, and immediately, out of parental affection, milk began to flow from their breasts, and the lower parts of their saris became wet. This symptom of ecstatic love is an example of the result of fulfillment of desire.
In the First Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , 11th Chapter, 25th verse, it is stated, “When Kṛṣṇa entered Dvārakā after finishing the Battle of Kurukṣetra, He first of all saw His mother and all His different stepmothers and offered His respectful obeisances unto their feet. The mothers immediately took Kṛṣṇa upon their laps, and because of their parental affection, there was milk flowing out of their breasts. So their breast milk, mixed with the water of tears, became the first offering to Kṛṣṇa. This is one of the examples of being satisfied after a great separation.
There is a similar statement in the  Lalita-mādhava : “How wonderful it is that Yaśodā, the wife of King Nanda, out of her parental affection for Kṛṣṇa, mixed her tears and the milk from her breasts and thus bathed her dear son Kṛṣṇa.” In  Vidagdha-mādhava , a devotee addresses Lord Kṛṣṇa as follows: “My dear Mukunda, just after seeing Your face full with the flavor of the lotus flower, and being attracted by the moonlight of Your face, Mother Yaśodā became so overjoyed in her affection that immediately from the nipples of her waterpot-like breasts, milk began to flow.” She was thus constantly engaged in supplying milk to Kṛṣṇa after wetting the covering cloth over the jug.