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Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
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eyebrows, was wet with perspiration, and mālati flowers were falling from her hair.
PURPORT
Anyone who desires to be Kṛṣṇa conscious in motherly affection or parental affection should contemplate the bodily features of mother Yaśodā. It is not that one should desire to become like Yaśodā, for this is Māyāvāda. Either in parental affection or conjugal love, friendship or servitorship—in any way—we must follow in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana, not try to become like them. Therefore this description is provided here. Advanced devotees must cherish this description, always thinking of mother Yaśodā's features—how 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 Yaśodā in maternal affection for Kṛṣṇa.
TEXT 4
तां स्तन्यकाम आसाद्य मध्नन्तीं जननीं हरिः । गृहीत्वा दधिमन्थानं न्यषेधत् प्रीतिमावहन् ॥ ४ ॥
tām stanya-kāma āsādya mathnantīm jananīm hariḥ gṛhītvā dadhi-manthānam nyaṣedhat prītim āvahan
tām —unto mother Yaśodā;  stanya-kāmaḥ —Kṛṣṇa, who was desiring to drink her breast milk;  āsādya —appearing before her;  mathnantīm —while she was churning butter;  jananīm —to the mother;  hariḥ —Kṛṣṇa;  gṛhītvā —catching;  dadhi-manthānam —the churning rod;  nyaṣedhat —forbade;  prītim āvahan —creating a situation of love and affection.
TRANSLATION
While mother Yaśodā was churning butter, Lord Kṛṣṇa, desiring to drink the milk of her breast, appeared before her, and in order