Lord Krṣṇa's Wonderful Activities
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mother and the son was performed in a natural way, and Kuntī, remembering the scene, was bewildered, and she could do nothing but praise the transcendental filial love. Indirectly mother Yaśodā is praised for her unique position of love, for she could control even the all-powerful Lord as her beloved child.
This pastime presents another opulence of Krṣṇa—His opulence of beauty. Krṣṇa has six opulences: all wealth, all strength, all influence, all knowledge, all renunciation, and all beauty. The nature of Krṣṇa is that He is greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest ( aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān ). We offer obeisances to Krṣṇa with awe and veneration, but no one comes to Krṣṇa with a rope, saying, “Krṣṇa, You have committed an offense, and now I shall bind You.” Yet that is the prerogative of the most perfect devotee, and Krṣṇa wants to be approached in that way.
Thinking of Krṣṇa's opulence, Kuntīdevī did not dare take the part of Yaśodā, for although Kuntīdevī was Krṣṇa's aunt, she did not have the privilege to approach Krṣṇa the way He was approached by Yaśodāmayī, who was such an advanced devotee that she had the right to chastise the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That was Yaśodāmayī's special prerogative. Kuntīdevī was simply thinking of how fortunate was Yaśodāmayī that she could threaten the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is feared even by fear personified ( bhīr api yad bibheti ). Who is not afraid of Krṣṇa? No one. But Krṣṇa is afraid of Yaśodāmayī. This is the superexcellence of Krṣṇa.
To give another example of such opulence, Krṣṇa is known as Madana-mohana.  Madana  means Cupid. Cupid enchants everyone, but Krṣṇa is known as Madana-mohana because He is so beautiful that He enchants even Cupid. Nonetheless, Krṣṇa Himself is enchanted by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and therefore Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is known as Madana-mohana-mohinī, “the enchanter of the enchanter of Cupid.” Krṣṇa is the enchanter of Cupid, and Rādhārāṇī is the enchanter of that enchanter.
These are very exalted spiritual understandings in Krṣṇa consciousness. They are not fictional, imaginary, or concocted. They are facts, and every devotee can have the privilege to understand and indeed take part in Krṣṇa's pastimes if he is actually advanced. We should not think that the privilege given to mother Yaśodā is not available to us. Everyone can have a similar privilege. If one loves Krṣṇa as one's child, then one will have such a privilege, because the mother has the most love for the child. Even in this material world, there is no comparison to a mother's love,