24 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
AAT TAA FAMATTTZ (RA
tan-mataro venu-rava-tvarotthita
utthapya dorbhih parirabhya nirbharam
sneha-snuta-stanya-payah-sudhaésavam
matva param brahma sutan apdyayan

tat-matarah—the mothers of the respective cowherd boys; venu-
rava—because of the sounds played on flutes and bugles by the cowherd
boys; tvara—immediately; utthitah—awakened from their respective
household duties; utthapya—immediately lifted their respective sons;
dorbhih—with their two arms; parirabhya—embracing; nirbharam—
without feeling any weight; sneha-snuta—which was flowing because of
intense love; stanya-payah—their breast milk; sudhd-dsavam—tasting
just like a nectarean beverage; matvaé—accepting the milk like that;
param—the Supreme; brahma—Krsna; sutdn apdyayan—began to
feed their respective sons.

TRANSLATION

The mothers of the boys, upon hearing the sounds of the flutes
and bugles being played by their sons, immediately rose from
their household tasks, lifted their boys onto their laps, embraced
them with both arms and began to feed them with their breast
milk, which flowed forth because of extreme love specifically for
Krsna. Actually Krsna is everything, but at that time, expressing
extreme love and affection, they took special pleasure in feeding
Krsna, the Parabrahman, and Krsna drank the milk from His re-
spective mothers as if it were a nectarean beverage.

PURPORT

Although all the elderly gopis knew that Krsna was the son of mother
Yasoda, they still desired, “If Krsna had become my son, I would also
have taken care of Him like mother Yasoda.” This was their inner ambi-
tion. Now, in order to please them, Krsna personally took the role of
their sons and fulfilled their desire. They enhanced their special love for
