PLATE TWO

Just after baby Krsna turned three months old, mother Yasodd saw
that He was slanting His body in an attempt to rise and turn around. To
celebrate this auspicious occasion, she arranged to observe the Vedic
ceremony called utthdna, a bathing ceremony performed when a child is
due to leave the house for the first time. So mother YaSoda called together
the other women of the neighborhood to assist her, and the brahmanas
joined by chanting Vedic hymns while professional musicians played
their instruments and sang. (pp. 44-45)
