Text 20] Mother Yaéoda Binds Lord Krsna 165

TEXT 20
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MATS SAT Tea TAQ TT ar RATA UR ol

nemam virifico na bhavo

na Srir apy anga-samsraya
prasadam lebhire gopi

yat tat prapa vimuktidat

na—not; imam —this exalted position; virificah—Lord Brahma; na—
nor; bhavah—Lord Siva; na—nor; srih—the goddess of fortune; api—
indeed; ariga-sarhsraya—although she is always the better half of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; prasddam—mercy; lebhire—
obtained; gopi—mother Yasoda; yat tat—as that which; prapa—
obtained; vimukti-dat—from Krsna, who gives deliverance from this
material world.

TRANSLATION

Neither Lord Brahma, nor Lord Siva, nor even the goddess of
fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can
obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer
from this material world, such mercy as received by mother
Yasoda.

PURPORT

This is a comparative study between mother Yasoda and other devotees
of the Lord. As stated in Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 5.142), ekale isvara
krsna, dra saba bhrtya: the only supreme master is Krsna, and all others
are His servants. Krsna has the transcendental quality of bhrtya-vasyatd,
becoming subordinate to His bhrtya, or servant. Now, although everyone
is bhrtya and although Krsna has the quality of becoming subordinate to
His bhrtya, the position of mother Yasoda is the greatest. Lord Brahma is
bhrtya, a servant of Krsna, and he is ddi-kavi, the original creator of this
universe (tene brahma hrda ya adi- kavaye). Nonetheless, even he could
not obtain such mercy as mother Yasoda. As for Lord Siva, he is the top-
most Vaisnava (vaisnavandm yatha sambhuh). What to speak of Lord
