Text 40] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees 213
daémné colikhale baddhah
prahasann aha guhyakau

Sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak; ittham—
in this way, as aforesaid; sarikirtitah—being glorified and praised;
tabhyam—by the two young demigods; bhagavdn—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; gokula-isvarah—the master of Gokula (because He
is sarva-loka-mahesvara); damna—by the rope; ca—also; ulikhale—
on the wooden mortar; baddhah—bound; prahasan—smiling; dha—
said; guhyakau—unto the two young demigods.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The two young demigods thus
offered prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although
Sri Krgna, the Supreme Godhead, is the master of all and was cer-
tainly Gokulesvara, the master of Gokula, He was bound to the
wooden mortar by the ropes of the gopis, and therefore, smiling
widely, He spoke to the sons of Kuvera the following words.

PURPORT

Krsna was smiling because He was thinking to Himself, ““These two
young demigods fell from the higher planetary system to this planet, and
I have delivered them from the bondage of standing for a long time as
trees, but as for Me, I am bound by the ropes of the gopis and am subject
to their chastisements.”’ In other words, Krsna submits to being chastised
and bound by the gopis because of pure love and affection worthy of
being praised by a devotee in so many ways.

TEXT 40
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qd AA Geataeteo Heo |
HATTA MAAMSTIE Fat Moll
Sri-bhagavan uvdaca
jfidtam mama puraivaitad
rsina karunadtmana
