Text 206] The Lord Instructs Srila Rapa Gosvami 379
SYNONYMS
tam—Him (Krsna); matva—considering; atmajam—own son; avyaktam—un-
manifested; martya-lingam—manifested as if perishable; adhoksajam—beyond
the perception of the senses; gopika—mother Yasoda; uldkhale—to the mortar;
damna—with rope; babandha—bound; prakrtam—an ordinary child; yathd —like.
TRANSLATION
“Although Krsna is beyond sense perception and is unmanifest to human
beings, he takes up the guise of a human being with a material body. Thus
mother Yasoda thought Him to be her son, and she bound Lord Krsna with
rope to a wooden mortar, as if He were an ordinary child.’
PURPORT
This verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.1 4) is in reference to Lord Krsna’s ex-
hibiting Himself like an ordinary child before mother YaSoda. He was playing like a
naughty boy stealing butter and breaking butter pots. Mother YaSoda became dis-
turbed and wanted to bind the Lord to a mortar used for pounding spices. In other
words, she considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead an ordinary child.
TEXT 206
Bare Srp! STAT Batatar tafe: |
WAS SHCAAB AACA CAAA || roy
uvaha krsno bhagavan
sridamanam parajitah
vrsabham bhadrasenas tu
pralambo rohini-sutam
SYNONYMS
uvaha—carried; krsnah—Lord Krsna; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; sridamanam—Sridama; pardajitah—being defeated; vrsabham—
Vrsabha; bhadrasenah—Bhadrasena; tu—and; pralambah—Pralamba;_rohini-
sutam —Balarama.
TRANSLATION
““¢When Krsna was defeated by Sridama, He had to carry him on His
shoulders. Similarly, Bhadrasena carried Vrsabha, and Pralamba carried
Balarama, the son of Rohini.’
