Lord Krsna’s Wonderful Activities 99

mother and the son was performed in a natural way, and Kunti, remem-
bering the scene, was bewildered, and she could do nothing but praise
the transcendental filial love. Indirectly mother YaSoda is praised for her
unique position of love, for she could control even the all-powerful Lord
as her beloved child.

This pastime presents another opulence of Krsna—His opulence of
beauty. Krsna has six opulences: all wealth, all strength, all influence, all
knowledge, all renunciation, and all beauty. The nature of Krsna is that
He is greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest (anor aniyan
mahato mahiyan). We offer obeisances to Krsna with awe and veneration,
but no one comes to Krsna with a rope, saying, ‘“Krsna, You have com-
mitted an offense, and now I shall bind You.” Yet that is the prerogative
of the most perfect devotee, and Krsna wants to be approached in that
way.

Thinking of Krsna’s opulence, Kuntidevi did not dare take the part of
Yasoda, for although Kuntidevi was Krsna’s aunt, she did not have the
privilege to approach Krsna the way He was approached by YaSodamayi,
who was such an advanced devotee that she had the right to chastise the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. That was YaSodamayi’s special pre-
rogative. Kuntidevi was simply thinking of how fortunate was Yasoda-
mayi that she could threaten the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who
is feared even by fear personified (bhir api yad bibheti). Who is not afraid
of Krsna? No one. But Krsna is afraid of Yasodamayi. This is the super-
excellence of Krsna.

To give another example of such opulence, Krsna is known as
Madana-mohana. Madana means Cupid. Cupid enchants everyone, but
Krsna is known as Madana-mohana because He is so beautiful that He
enchants even Cupid. Nonetheless, Krsna Himself is enchanted by
Srimati Radharani, and therefore Srimati Radharani is known as
Madana-mohana-mohini, ‘‘the enchanter of the enchanter of Cupid.”
Krsna is the enchanter of Cupid, and Radharani is the enchanter of that
enchanter.

These are very exalted spiritual understandings in Krsna conscious-
ness. They are not fictional, imaginary, or concocted. They are facts, and
every devotee can have the privilege to understand and indeed take part
in Krsna’s pastimes if he is actually advanced. We should not think that
the privilege given to mother YaSoda is not available to us. Everyone can
have a similar privilege. If one loves Krsna as one’s child, then one will
have such a privilege, because the mother has the most love for the child.
Even in this material world, there is no comparison to a mother’s love,
