Text 12] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 53

rudantam—crying; sutam—son; dddya—picking up; yasod4a—
mother Yaéoda; graha-sarikita—fearing some bad planet; hkrta-
svastyayanam—immediately performed a ritualistic ceremony for good
fortune; vipraih—by calling all the brahmanas; siiktaih—by Vedic
hymns; stanam—her breast; apdyayat—made the child suck.

TRANSLATION

Thinking that some bad planet had attacked Krsna, mother
Yasoda picked up the crying child and allowed Him to suck her
breast. Then she called for experienced brahmanas to chant Vedic
hymns and perform an auspicious ritualistic ceremony.

PURPORT

Whenever there is some danger or some inauspicious occurrence, it is
the custom of Vedic civilization to have qualified braéhmanas im-
mediately chant Vedic hymns to counteract it. Mother Yasoda did this
properly and allowed the baby to suck her breast.

TEXT 12

Trad efid aTeatehe: aafieaey |
fim Fare TAATTETA: 221

purvavat sthapitam gopair
balibhih sa-paricchadam

viprad hutvarcayam cakrur
dadhy-aksata-kusambubhih

purva-vat—as the handcart had been situated before; sthapitam—
again assembled with the pots situated properly; gopaih—by the
cowherd men; balibhih—all of whom were very strong and stout and
who could therefore assemble the parts without difficulty; sa-
paricchadam—with all the paraphernalia kept on it; viprdh—the
bréhmanas; hutvd—after performing a fire ceremony; arcayaém
cakruh—performed ritualistic ceremonies; dadhi—with curd; aksata—
grains of rice; kusa—and kusa grass; ambubhih—with water.
