Text 17] Mother Yaéoda Binds Lord Krsna 161
TRANSLATION

This new rope also was short by a measurement of two fingers,
and when another rope was joined to it, it was still two fingers too
short. As many ropes as she joined, all of them failed; their
shortness could not be overcome.

TEXT 17
ad aia aater aecaeaty |
MAA Baraat ArH Aaa 12:91
evam sva-geha-damani
yasoda sandadhaty api
gopinam susmayantinam
smayanti vismitabhavat

evam—in this manner; sva-geha-démdni—all the ropes available in
the household; yasoda—mother Yasoda; sandadhati api—although she
was joining one after another; gopindm—when all the other elderly gopi
friends of mother Yasoda; su-smayantinam—were all taking pleasure in
this funny affair; smayanti—mother Yasoda was also smiling; vismita
abhavat—all of them were struck with wonder.

TRANSLATION

Thus mother Yasoda joined whatever ropes were available in the
household, but still she failed in her attempt to bind Krsna.
Mother Yasoda’s friends, the elderly gopis in the neighborhood,
were smiling and enjoying the fun. Similarly, mother Yasoda, al-
though laboring in that way, was also smiling. All of them were
struck with wonder.

PURPORT

Actually this incident was wonderful because Krsna was only a child
with small hands. To bind Him should have required only a rope not
more than two feet long. All the ropes in the house combined together
might have been hundreds of feet long, but still He was impossible to
