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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 11]
also as good as the mother because the father is also one of the spiritual masters. Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of the universe, plays the part of an ideal son just to teach others how to treat their stepmothers.
TEXT 29
ताः पुत्रमङ्कमारोप्य स्नेहस्नुतपयोधराः । हर्षविह्वलितात्मानः सिषिचुनेत्रजैर्जलैः ॥२९॥
tāḥ putram aṅkam āropya sneha-snuta-payodharāḥ harṣa-vihvalitātmānaḥ siṣicur netrajair jalaiḥ
tāḥ —all of them;  putram —the son;  aṅkam —the lap;  āropya —having placed on;  sneha-snuta —moistened by affection;  payodharāḥ —breasts filled up;  harṣa —delight;  vihvalita-ātmānaḥ —overwhelmed by;  siṣicuḥ —wet;  netrajaiḥ —from the eyes;  jalaiḥ —water.
TRANSLATION
The mothers, after embracing their son, sat Him on their laps. Due to pure affection, milk sprang from their breasts. They were overwhelmed with delight, and the tears from their eyes wetted the Lord.
PURPORT
When Lord Kṛṣṇa was at Vṛndāvana even the cows would become moistened by affection towards Him, and He would draw milk from the nipples of every affectionate living being, so what to speak of the stepmothers who were already as good as His own mother.
TEXT 30
अथाविशत् स्वमवनं सर्वकाममनुत्तमम् । प्रासादा यत्र पत्नीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश ॥३०॥
athāviśat sva-bhavanam sarva-kāmam anuttamam prāsādā yatra patnīnām sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa