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Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Krṣṇa
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gopikā-sutaḥ —Krṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā (Krṣṇa as the son of Vasudeva is called Vāsudeva, and as the son of mother Yaśodā He is known as Krṣṇa);  jñāninām ca —and of the  jñānīs , who try to be free from material contamination;  ātma-bhūtānām —of self-sufficient  yogīs ;  yathā —as;  bhakti-matām —of the devotees;  iha —in this world.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.
PURPORT
Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the son of mother Yaśodā, is very easily available to devotees, but not to  tapasvīs ,  yogīs ,  jñānīs  and others who have a bodily concept of life. Although they may sometimes be called  śānta-bhaktas , real  bhakti  begins with  dāsya-rasa . Krṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.11):
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
“As living entities surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prṭhā.” Everyone is seeking Krṣṇa, for He is the Supersoul of all individual souls. Everyone loves his body and wants to protect it because he is within the body as the soul, and everyone loves the soul because the soul is part and parcel of the Supersoul. Therefore, everyone is actually seeking to achieve happiness by reviving his relationship with the Supersoul. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15),  vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ : “By all the  Vedas , it is I who am to be known.” Therefore, the  karmīs ,  jñānīs ,  yogīs  and saintly persons are all seeking Krṣṇa. But by following in the