10 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 6

PURPORT

Although Pitand was an outsider and although she personified fierce
death because the determination within her heart was to kill the child,
when she directly came and placed the child on her lap to offer the child
her breast to suck, the mothers were so captivated by her beauty that
they did not prohibit her. Sometimes a beautiful woman is dangerous be-
cause everyone, being captivated by external beauty (mayd-mohita), is
unable to understand what is in her mind. Those who are capti-
vated by the beauty of the external energy are called mayda-mohita.
Mohitam nabhijanati mam ebhyah param avyayam (Bg. 7.13). Na te
viduh svdrtha-gatim hi visnur durdsayaé ye bahir-artha-maninah
(Bhag. 7.5.31). Here, of course, the two mothers Rohini and Yasoda were
not mayd-mohita, deluded by the external energy, but to develop the
pastimes of the Lord, they were captivated by yogamayd. Such maya-
moha is the action of yogamaya.

TEXT 10
afay wd qaedtigeat
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Te Brat ATA Wet aq-
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tasmin stanam durjara-viryam ulbanam
ghordrikam ddaya sisor dadav atha

gadham karadbhyam bhagavan prapidya tat-
pranaih samam rosa-samanvito ’pibat

tasmin—in that very spot; stanam—the breast; durjara-viryam—a
very powerful weapon mixed with poison; ulbanam—which was fierce;
ghoréd—the most ferocious Pitand; ankam—on her lap; dddéya—plac-
ing; sisoh—in the mouth of the child; dadau—pushed; atha—
thereupon; gddham—very hard; karabhyam—with both hands;
bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prapidya—giv-
ing her great pain; tat-pranaih—her life; samam—along with; rosa-
samanvitah—being very angry at her; apibat—sucked the breast.
