Text 14] Mother Yaéoda Binds Lord Krsna 157

cause of maternal affection for Krsna, she never even cared to
know who He was. Therefore, when she saw that her son had be-
come excessively afraid, she threw the stick away and desired to
bind Him so that He would not commit any further naughty
activities.

PURPORT

Mother Yagoda wanted to bind Krsna not in order to chastise Him but
because she thought that the child was so restless that He might leave the
house in fear. That would be another disturbance. Therefore, because of
full affection, to stop Krsna from leaving the house, she wanted to bind
Him with rope. Mother Yasoda wanted to impress upon Krsna that since
He was afraid merely to see her stick, He should not perform such dis-
turbing activities as breaking the container of yogurt and butter and dis-
tributing its contents to the monkeys. Mother Yasgoda did not care to
understand who Krsna was and how His power spreads everywhere. This
is an example of pure love for Krsna.

TEXTS 13-14
ATT TAA ATS aT ATL |
qatet afeaqraarat at ST 7: 123
dra ARNT |
TARAS TTA TAHT THT TA UII

na cantar na bahir yasya
na pirvam ndpi cadparam

pirvaparam bahis cantar
Jagato yo jagac ca yah

tam matvdtmajam avyaktam
martya-lirgam adhoksajam

gopikolikhale damna
babandha prakrtam yatha

na—not; ca—also; antah—interior; na—nor; bahih—exterior;
yasya—whose; na—neither; pirvam—beginning; na—nor; api—
