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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 9]
she made the rope longer by adding another rope, she again saw that it was short by two fingers. Again and again she tried, and again and again she found the rope too short by two fingers. Thus she became very tired, and Krṣṇa, seeing His affectionate mother so tired, allowed Himself to be bound. Now, being compassionate, He did not show her His unlimited potency. After mother Yaśodā bound Krṣṇa and became engaged in other household affairs, Krṣṇa observed two  yamala-arjuna  trees, which were actually Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, two sons of Kuvera who had been condemned by Nārada Muni to become trees. Krṣṇa, by His mercy, now began to proceed toward the trees to fulfill the desire of Nārada Muni.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदा गृहदासीषु यशोदा नन्दगेहिनी । 
    कर्मान्तरनियुक्तासु निर्ममन्थ स्वयं दधि ॥ १ ॥ 
    यानि यानीह गीतानि तद्धालचरितानि च । 
    दधिनिर्मन्थने काले सरन्ती तान्यगायत ॥ २ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
    ekadā gṛha-dāsīṣu 
    yaśodā nanda-gehinī 
    karmāntara-niyuktāsu 
    nirmamantha svayam dadhi
yāni yānīha gītāni 
    tad-bāla-caritāni ca 
    dadhi-nirmanthane kāle 
    smarantī tāny agāyata
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  ekadā —one day;  gṛha-dāsīṣu —when all the maidservants of the household were otherwise engaged;  yaśodā —mother Yaśodā;  nanda-gehinī —the queen of Nanda Mahārāja;  karma-antara —in other household affairs;  niyuktāsu —being engaged;  nirmamantha —churned;  svayam —personally;  dadhi —the yogurt;  yāni —all such;  yāni —such;  iha —in this connection;  gītāni —