Text 37] The Killing of the Demon Trnavarta 77
rivers); vandni—forests; bhitdni—all kinds of living entities; yani—
which are; sthira-jargamani—nonmoving and moving.
TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, when the child Krsna was almost finished
drinking His mother’s milk and mother Yasoda was touching Him
and looking at His beautiful, brilliantly smiling face, the baby
yawned, and mother Yasoda saw in His mouth the whole sky, the
higher planetary system and the earth, the luminaries in all direc-
tions, the sun, the moon, fire, air, the seas, islands, moun-
tains, rivers, forests, and all kinds of living entities, moving and
nonmoving.

PURPORT

By the arrangement of yogamdayd, Krsna’s pastimes with mother
Yasoda were all regarded as ordinary. So here was an opportunity for
Krsna to show His mother that the whole universe is situated within
Him. In His small form, Krsna was kind enough to show His mother the
virdt-riipa, the universal form, so that she could enjoy seeing what kind
of child she had on her lap. The rivers have been mentioned here as the
daughters of the mountains (nagams tad-duhitfh). It is the flowing of the
rivers that makes big forests possible. There are living entities every-
where, some of them moving and some of them not moving. No place is
vacant. This is a special feature of God’s creation.

TEXT 37
al stem FY AEA WaT ARTAATT: |
TAHT BTA A AAT Glaterar ill
sa viksya visvarh sahasa
rajan saitjdta-vepathuh
sammilya mrgasavaksi
netre Gsit suvismita

sd—mother Yasoda; viksya—by seeing; visvam—the whole universe;

sahasé—suddenly within the mouth of her son; rdjan—O King
