Text 15]
Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
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advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam 
  ādyam purāṇa-puruṣam nava-yauvanam ca 
  vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau 
  govindam ādi-puruṣam tam aham bhajāmi 
  (Brahma-saṁhitā 5.33)
Everything is one because Kṛṣṇa is the supreme cause of everything. Kṛṣṇa cannot be measured or calculated by Vedic knowledge ( vedeṣu durlabham ). He is available only to devotees ( adurlabham ātma-bhaktau ). Devotees can handle Him because they act on the basis of loving service ( bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ). Thus mother Yaśodā wanted to bind Him.
TEXT 15
तद् दाम बध्यमानस्य स्वार्भकस्य कृतागसः ।
द्वयङ्गुलोनमभूत्तेन सन्दधेऽन्यच्च गोपिका ॥१५॥
tad dāma badhyamānasya 
  svārbhakasya kṛtāgasaḥ 
  dvy-aṅgulonam abhūt tena 
  sandadhe 'nyac ca gopikā
tat dāma—that binding rope; badhyamānasya—who was being bound by mother Yaśodā; sva-arbhakasya—of her own son; kṛta-āgasaḥ—who was an offender; dvi-aṅgula—by a measurement of two fingers; ūnam—short; abhūt—became; tena—with that rope; sandadhe—joined; anyat ca—another rope; gopikā—mother Yaśodā.
TRANSLATION
When mother Yaśodā was trying to bind the offending child, she saw that the binding rope was short by a distance the width of two fingers. Thus she brought another rope to join to it.
PURPORT
Here is the first chapter in Kṛṣṇa's exhibition of unlimited potency to mother Yaśodā when she tried to bind Him: the rope was too short. The