152
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 9]
TRANSLATION
Krṣṇa, at that time, was sitting on an upside-down wooden mortar for grinding spices and was distributing milk preparations such as yogurt and butter to the monkeys as He liked. Because of having stolen, He was looking all around with great anxiety, suspecting that He might be chastised by His mother. Mother Yaśodā, upon seeing Him, very cautiously approached Him from behind.
PURPORT
Mother Yaśodā was able to trace Krṣṇa by following His butter-smeared footprints. She saw that Krṣṇa was stealing butter, and thus she smiled. Meanwhile, the crows also entered the room and came out in fear. Thus mother Yaśodā found Krṣṇa stealing butter and very anxiously looking here and there.
TEXT 9
तामात्तयष्टिं प्रसमीक्ष्य सत्वर- स्ततोऽवरुह्यापससार भीतवत् । गोप्यन्वधावन्न यमाप योगिनां क्षमं प्रवेष्टुं तपसेरितं मनः ॥ ९ ॥
tām ātta-yaṣṭim prasamīkṣya satvaras tato 'varuhyāpasasāra bhītavat gopy anvadhāvan na yam āpa yoginām kṣamam praveṣṭum tapaseritam manaḥ
tām—unto mother Yaśodā; ātta-yaṣṭim—carrying in her hand a stick; prasamīkṣya—Krṣṇa, seeing her in that attitude; satvaraḥ—very quickly; tataḥ—from there; avaruhya—getting down; apasasāra—began to flee; bhīta-vat—as if very much afraid; gopī—mother Yaśodā; anvadhāvat—began to follow Him; na—not; yam—unto whom; āpa—failed to reach; yoginām—of great yogīs, mystics; kṣamam—who could reach Him; praveṣṭum—trying to enter into the Brahman effulgence or Paramātmā; tapasā—with great austerities and penances; īritam—trying for that purpose; manaḥ—by meditation.