Text 19] The Killing of the Demon Piatana 17

young man, He is the same person. He does not need to become powerful
by meditation or any other external endeavor. Therefore when the
greatly powerful Pitand expanded her body, Krsna remained the same
small child and fearlessly played on the upper portion of her breast. Sad-
aisvarya-pirna. Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is al-
ways full in all potencies, regardless of whether He is present in this
form or that. His potencies are always full. Pardsya saktir vividhaiva
Sriyate. He can display all potencies under any circumstances.

TEXT 19
FMEA As TH ASA Ala: |
tat Ack aepgesraieht: esi

yasoda-rohinibhyam tah
samam bdlasya sarvatah

raksam vidadhire samyag
go-puccha-bhramandadibhih

yasodé-rohinibhyam—with mother Yasoda and mother Rohini, who
principally took charge of the child; tah—the other gopis; samam—
equally as important as Yasodd and Rohini; bdalasya—of the child;
sarvatah—from all dangers; raksam—protection; vidadhire—exe-
cuted; samyak—completely; go-puccha-bhramana-ddibhih—by waving
around the switch of a cow.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, mother Yasoda and Rohini, along with the other
elderly gopis, waved about the switch of a cow to give full
protection to the child Sri Krsna.

PURPORT

When Krsna was saved from such a great danger, mother Yasoda and
Rohini were principally concerned, and the other elderly gopis, who were
almost equally concerned, followed the activities of mother Yasoda and
Rohini. Here we find that in household affairs, ladies could take charge
