Text 11] Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Krsna 155
TEXT 11
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krtagasam tam prarudantam aksini

kasantam afijan-masini sva-panina

udviksamanam bhaya-vihvaleksanam

haste grhitvd bhisayanty avagurat
krta-dgasam—who was an offender; tam—unto Krsna; _pra-
rudantam—with a crying attitude; aksini—His two eyes; kasantam—
rubbing; avijat-masini—from whose eyes the blackish ointment was dis-
tributed all over His face with tears; sva-panind—with His own hand;
udviksamaénam—who was seen in that attitude by mother Yasoda;
bhaya-vihvala-iksanam—whose eyes appeared distressed because of
such fear of His mother; haste—by the hand; grhitva—catching; bhi-
sayanti—mother Yasoda was threatening Him; avégurat—and thus she

very mildly chastised Him.
TRANSLATION
When caught by mother Yasoda, Krsna became more and more
afraid and admitted to being an offender. As she looked upon Him,
she saw that He was crying, His tears mixing with the black oint-
ment around His eyes, and as He rubbed His eyes with His hands,
He smeared the ointment all over His face. Mother Yaégoda, catch-
ing her beautiful son by the hand, mildly began to chastise Him.
PURPORT

From these dealings between mother Yasoda and Krsna, we can under-
stand the exalted position of a pure devotee in loving service to the Lord.
Yogis, jfidnis, karmis and Vedantists cannot even approach Krsna; they
must remain very, very far away from Him and try to enter His bodily
