124 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8

TEXT 40

f—e aq Taga saAMT

fe at aatat aa afeaie: |
ait |= «waa ATA

Tt BAMTAH AAT 1B ol

kim svapna etad uta devamaya

kim va madiyo bata buddhi-mohah
atho amusyaiva mamarbhakasya

yah kascanautpattika adtma-yogah

kim—whether; svapnah—a dream; etat—all this; uta—or otherwise;
deva-maya—an illusory manifestation by the external energy; kim va—
or else; madiyah—my personal; bata—indeed; buddhi-mohah—
illusion of intelligence; atho—otherwise; amusya—of such; eva—
indeed; mama arbhakasya—of my child; yah—which; kaScana—some;
autpattikah—natural; dtma-yogah—personal mystic power.

TRANSLATION

[Mother Yasoda began to argue within herself:] Is this a dream,
or is it an illusory creation by the external energy? Has this been
manifested by my own intelligence, or is it some mystic power of

my child?

PURPORT

When mother Yaéoda saw this wonderful manifestation within the
mouth of her child, she began to argue within herself about whether it
was a dream. Then she considered, “I am not dreaming, because my eyes
are open. I am actually seeing what is happening. I am not sleeping, nor
am I dreaming. Then maybe this is an illusion created by devamaya. But
that is also not possible. What business would the demigods have show-
ing such things to me? I am an insignificant woman with no connection
with the demigods. Why should they take the trouble to put me into
devamaya? That also is not possible.”’ Then mother Yasoda considered
whether the vision might be due to bewilderment: “I am fit in health; I
