162 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 9
bind, for all the ropes together were still too short. Naturally mother
Yasoda and her gopi friends thought, “‘How is this possible?’’ Seeing this
funny affair, all of them were smiling. The first rope was short by a
measurement the width of two fingers, and after the second rope was ad-
ded, it was still two fingers too short. If the shortness of all the ropes
were added together, it must have amounted to the width of hundreds of
fingers. Certainly this was astonishing. This was another exhibition of
Krsna’s inconceivable potency to His mother and His mother’s friends.
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sva-matuh svinna-gatraya
visrasta-kabara-srajah
drstva parisramam krsnah
krpayasit sva-bandhane
sva-matuh—of His own mother (Krsna’s mother, Yasodadevi);
svinna-gatraéyah—when Krsna saw His mother perspiring all over be-
cause of unnecessary labor; visrasta—were falling down; kabara—from
her hair; srajah—of whom the flowers; drstvd—by seeing the condition
of His mother; parisramam—He could understand that she was now
overworked and feeling fatigued; krsnah—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; krpaya—by His causeless mercy upon His devotee and
mother; dsit—agreed; sva-bandhane—in binding Him.
TRANSLATION
Because of mother Yasoda’s hard labor, her whole body became
covered with perspiration, and the flowers and comb were falling
from her hair. When child Krsna saw His mother thus fatigued, He
became merciful to her and agreed to be bound.
PURPORT
When mother Yasoda and the other ladies finally saw that Krsna, al-
though decorated with many bangles and other jeweled ornaments, could
