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Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
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TEXT 20
नेमं विरिञ्चो न भवो न श्रीरप्यङ्गसंश्रया । प्रसादं लेभिरे गोपी यत्तत् प्राप विमुक्तिदात् ॥२०॥
nemaṁ viriñco na bhavo na śrīr apy aṅga-saṁśrayā prasādaṁ lebhire gopī yat tat prāpa vimuktidāt
na —not;  imam —this exalted position;  viriñcaḥ —Lord Brahmā;  na —nor;  bhavaḥ —Lord Śiva;  na —nor;  śrīḥ —the goddess of fortune;  api —indeed;  aṅga-saṁśrayā —although she is always the better half of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  prasādam —mercy;  lebhire —obtained;  gopī —mother Yaśodā;  yat tat —as that which;  prāpa —obtained;  vimukti-dāt —from Kṛṣṇa, who gives deliverance from this material world.
TRANSLATION
Neither Lord Brahmā, nor Lord Śiva, nor even the goddess of fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yaśodā.
PURPORT
This is a comparative study between mother Yaśodā and other devotees of the Lord. As stated in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Ādi  5.142),  ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya : the only supreme master is Kṛṣṇa, and all others are His servants. Kṛṣṇa has the transcendental quality of  bhṛtya-vaśyatā , becoming subordinate to His  bhṛtya , or servant. Now, although everyone is  bhṛtya  and although Kṛṣṇa has the quality of becoming subordinate to His  bhṛtya , the position of mother Yaśodā is the greatest. Lord Brahmā is  bhṛtya , a servant of Kṛṣṇa, and he is  ādi-kavi , the original creator of this universe ( tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye ). Nonetheless, even he could not obtain such mercy as mother Yaśodā. As for Lord Śiva, he is the top-most Vaiṣṇava ( vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ ). What to speak of Lord