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because Krsna had been predicted to equal Narayana. Therefore the
cowherd men were in a dilemma.

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ulikhalam vikarsantam
damna baddham svam dtmajam

vilokya nandah prahasad-

vadano vimumoca ha

wlikhalam—the wooden mortar; vikarsantam—dragging; damnad—
by the rope; baddham—bound; svam dtmajam—his own son Krsna;
vilokya—by seeing; nandah—Maharaja Nanda; prahasat-vadanah—
whose face began to smile when he saw the wonderful child; vimumoca
ha—released Him from the bonds.

TRANSLATION

When Nanda Maharaja saw his own son bound with ropes to the
wooden mortar and dragging it, he smiled and released Krsna
from His bonds.

PURPORT

Nanda Maharaja was surprised that Yasoda, Krsna’s mother, could
have bound her beloved child in such a way. Krsna was exchanging love
with her. How then could she have been so cruel as to bind Him to the
wooden mortar? Nanda Maharaja understood this exchange of love, and
therefore he smiled and released Krsna. In other words, as Krsna, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, binds a living entity in fruitive ac-
tivities, He binds mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja in parental affec-
tion. This is His pastime.

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