60 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 7

the bradhmanas are uncertain in their qualifications. Because there are no
yajiiic brahmanas, all yajfias are forbidden. The only yajfa recom-
mended in this age is sarkirtana-yajna. Yajraih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah (Bhag. 11.5.32). Yajfia is meant to satisfy Visnu
(yajfiarthat karmano ’nyatra loko ’yarh karma-bandhanah). Because in
this age there are no qualified brahmanas, people should perform yajra
by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra (yajfiaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti
hi sumedhasah). Life is meant for yajria, and yajfia is performed by the
chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

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ekadaroham aridham
lalayanti sutam sati

garimanam Ssisor vodhum
na sehe giri-kiitavat

ekadd—one time (estimated to have been when Krsna was one year
old); Groham—on His mother’s lap; dridham—who was sitting;
lalayanti—was patting; sutam—her son; sati—mother Yaéoda;
garimanam—because of an increase in heaviness; sisoh—of the child;
vodhum—to bear Him; na—not; sehe—was able; giri-kiita-vat—ap-
pearing like the weight of a mountain peak.

TRANSLATION

One day, a year after Krgna’s appearance, mother Yasoda was
patting her son on her lap. But suddenly she felt the child to be
heavier than a mountain peak, and she could no longer bear His
weight.

PURPORT

Ldalayanti. Sometimes a mother lifts her child, and when the child falls
in her hands, the child laughs, and the mother also enjoys pleasure.
Yasoda used to do this, but this time Krsna became very heavy, and she
could not bear His weight. Under the circumstances, it is to be under-
