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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 9]
effulgence, although this also they are unable to do. Great demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva always worship the Lord by meditation and by service. Even the most powerful Yamarāja fears Krṣṇa. Therefore, as we find in the history of Ajāmila, Yamarāja instructed his followers not even to approach the devotees, what to speak of capturing them. In other words, Yamarāja also fears Krṣṇa and Krṣṇa's devotees. Yet this Krṣṇa became so dependent on mother Yaśodā that when she simply showed Krṣṇa the stick in her hand, Krṣṇa admitted to being an offender and began to cry like an ordinary child. Mother Yaśodā, of course, did not want to chastise her beloved child very much, and therefore she immediately threw her stick away and simply rebuked Krṣṇa, saying, "Now I shall bind You so that You cannot commit any further offensive activities. Nor for the time being can You play with Your playmates." This shows the position of a pure devotee, in contrast with others, like  jñānīs ,  yogīs  and the followers of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, in regarding the transcendental nature of the Absolute Truth.
TEXT 12
त्यक्त्वा यष्टिं सुतं भीतं विज्ञायार्भकवत्सला ।
इयेष किल तं बद्धुं दाम्रातद्वीर्यकोविदा ॥१२॥
tyaktvā yaṣṭim sutam bhītam vijñāyārbhaka-vatsalā iyeṣa kila tam baddhum dāmnātad-vīrya-kovidā
tyaktvā —throwing away;  yaṣṭim —the stick in her hand;  sutam —her son;  bhītam —considering her son's great fear;  vijñāya —understanding;  arbhaka-vatsalā —the most affectionate mother of Krṣṇa;  iyeṣa —desired;  kila —indeed;  tam —Krṣṇa;  baddhum —to bind;  dāmnā —with a rope;  a-tat-vīrya-kovidā —without knowledge of the supremely powerful Personality of Godhead (because of intense love for Krṣṇa).
TRANSLATION
Mother Yaśodā was always overwhelmed by intense love for Krṣṇa, not knowing who Krṣṇa was or how powerful He was. Be-