Text 21] Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Krsna 167
gopikd-sutah—Krsna, the son of mother Yasoda (Krsna as the son of
Vasudeva is called Vasudeva, and as the son of mother Yasoda He is
known as Krsna); jfidnindm ca—and of the jridnis, who try to be free
from material contamination; dtma-bhiitandm—of self-sufficient yogis;
yatha—as; bhakti-matam—of the devotees; iha—in this world.
TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the son of mother
Yasoda, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving
service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to
those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and pen-
ances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.

PURPORT

Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the son of mother
Yasoda, is very easily available to devotees, but not to tapasvis, yogis,
Jndnis and others who have a bodily concept of life. Although they may
sometimes be called santa-bhaktas, real bhakti begins with ddsya-rasa.
Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (4.11):

ye yathad mam prapadyante
tams tathaiva bhajamy aham
mama vartmanuvartante
manusyah pdrtha sarvasah

“As living entities surrender unto Me, | reward them accordingly.
Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prtha.” Everyone is
seeking Krsna, for He is the Supersoul of all individual souls. Everyone
loves his body and wants to protect it because he is within the body as the
soul, and everyone loves the soul because the soul is part and parcel of
the Supersoul. Therefore, everyone is actually seeking to achieve happi-
ness by reviving his relationship with the Supersoul. As the Lord says in
Bhagavad-gita (15.15), vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah: “‘By all the
Vedas, it is | who am to be known.” Therefore, the karmis, jridnis, yogis
and saintly persons are all seeking Krsna. But by following in the
