Text 39] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 123
action and desire for material enjoyment; liriga-bhedam—varieties of
bodies according to desire; siinoh tanau—in the body of her son;
viksya—seeing; viddrita-dsye—within the wide-open mouth; vrajam—
Vrndavana-dhama, Nanda Mahardja’s place; saha-dtmadnam—along
with herself; avdpa—was struck; sarikdm—with all doubts and wonder.
. TRANSLATION

When Krsna opened His mouth wide by the order of mother
Yasoda, she saw within His mouth all moving and nonmoving en-
tities, outer space, and all directions, along with mountains, is-
lands, oceans, the surface of the earth, the blowing wind, fire, the
moon and the stars. She saw the planetary systems, water, light,
air, sky, and creation by transformation of ahankara. She also saw
the senses, the mind, sense perception, and the three qualities
goodness, passion and ignorance. She saw the time allotted for the
living entities, she saw natural instinct and the reactions of karma,
and she saw desires and different varieties of bodies, moving and
nonmoving. Seeing all these aspects of the cosmic manifestation,
along with herself and Vrndavana-dhama, she became doubtful
and fearful of her son’s nature.

PURPORT

All the cosmic manifestations that exist on the gross and subtle ele-
ments, as well as the means of their agitation, the three gunas, the living
entity, creation, maintenance, annihilation and everything going on in
the external energy of the Lord—all this comes from the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Govinda. Everything is within the control of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita (9.10). Mayadhyaksena prakrtih sityate sa-cardcaram: everything
in the material nature (prakrti) works under His control. Because all
these manifestations come from Govinda, they could all be visible within
the mouth of Govinda. Quite astonishingly, mother Yasoda was afraid be-
cause of intense maternal affection. She could not believe that within the
mouth of her son such things could appear. Yet she saw them, and
therefore she was struck with fear and wonder.
