Text 23]
Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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mother Yaśodā, and His naughty dealings with His young girl friends cannot bewilder a pure devotee like Uddhava. Others, who are not devotees, are bewildered by such behavior of the Lord, who acted just like a human being. This bewilderment is explained by the Lord Himself in the  Bhagavad-gītā  as follows:
avajānanti mām mūḍhā mānuṣīm tanum āśritam param bhavam ajānanti mama bhūta-maheśvaram  (Bg. 9.11)
Persons with a poor fund of knowledge belittle the Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa, not knowing His exalted position as the Lord of everything. In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord has explained His position clearly, but the demoniac atheistic student squeezes out an interpretation to suit his own purpose and misleads unfortunate followers into the same mentality. Such unfortunate persons merely pick up some slogans from the great book of knowledge, but are unable to estimate the Lord as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pure devotees like Uddhava, however, are never misled by such atheistic opportunists.
TEXT 23
अहो बकी यं स्तनकालकूटं जिघांसयापाययदप्यसाध्वी । लेभे गतिं धाग्युचितां ततोऽन्यं कं ना दयालुं शरणं वजेम ॥२३॥
aho bakī yam stana-kāla-kūṭam jighāmsayāpāyayad apy asādhvī lebhe gatim dhātryucitām tato 'nyam kam vā dayālum śaraṇam vrajema
aho—alas; bakī—the she-demon (Pūtanā); yam—whom; stana—breast; kāla—dead; kūṭam—poison; jighāmsaya—out of envy; apāyayat—nourished; api—although; asādhvī—unfaithful; lebhe—achieved; gatim—destination; dhātryucitām—just suitable for the nurse; tataḥ—beyond whom; anyam—other; kam—who else; vā—certainly; dayālum—merciful; śaraṇam—shelter; vrajema—shall I take.