358 The Nectar of Devotion

larly, she has addressed the birds and the drones and inquired from
them as to whether Krsna has passed before them, and she has in-
quired if they can say anything about You. In this way, Mother
Yasoda in illusion was asking everybody about You, and she has been
wandering all over Vrndavana.” This is madness in separation from
Krsna.

When Nanda Maharaj was accused by Mother Yagoda of being
“hard-hearted,” he replied, “My dear Yasoda, why are you becoming
so agitated? Kindly look more carefully. Just see, your son Krsna is
standing before you! Don’t become a madwoman like this. Please
keep my home peaceful.” And Krsna was informed by some friend
that His father Nanda was also in illusion in this way, in separation
from Him.

When all the wives of Vasudeva were present in the arena of
Kamsa, they saw the most pleasing bodily features of Krsna, and im-
mediately, out of parental affection, milk began to flow from their
breasts, and the lower parts of their saris became wet. This symptom
of ecstatic love is an example of the result of fulfillment of desire.

In the First Canto of $ rimad-Bhagavatam, 11th Chapter, 25th
verse, it is stated, “When Krsna entered Dvaraka after finishing the
Battle of Kuruksetra, He first of all saw His mother and all His dif-
ferent stepmothers and offered His respectful obeisances unto their
feet. The mothers immediately took Krsna upon their laps, and be-
cause of their parental affection, there was milk flowing out of their
breasts. So their breast milk, mixed with the water of tears, became
the first offering to Krsna. This is one of the examples of being satis-
fied after a great separation.

There is a similar statement in the Lalita-madhava: ““How wonder-
ful it is that Yagoda, the wife of King Nanda, out of her parental af-
fection for Krsna, mixed her tears and the milk from her breasts and
thus bathed her dear son Krsna.” In Vidagdha-madhava, a devotee
addresses Lord Krsna as follows: ““My dear Mukunda, just after seeing
Your face full with the flavor of the lotus flower, and being attracted
by the moonlight of Your face, Mother Yasoda became so overjoyed
in her affection that immediately from the nipples of her waterpot-
like breasts, milk began to flow.” She was thus constantly engaged in
supplying milk to Krsna after wetting the covering cloth over the jug.
