Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.205

tam matvatmajam avyaktam

martya-lingam adhokshajam

gopikolukhale damna

babandha prakritam yatha

SYNONYMS

tam -- Him (Krishna); matva -- considering; atmajam -- own son; avyaktam -- unmanifested; martya-lingam -- manifested as if perishable; adhokshajam -- beyond the perception of the senses; gopika -- mother Yasoda; ulukhale -- to the mortar; damna -- with rope; babandha -- bound; prakritam -- an ordinary child; yatha -- like.

TRANSLATION

"'Although Krishna is beyond sense perception and is unmanifest to human beings, he takes up the guise of a human being with a material body. Thus mother Yasoda thought Him to be her son, and she bound Lord Krishna with rope to a wooden mortar, as if He were an ordinary child.'

PURPORT

This verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.9.14) is in reference to Lord Krishna's exhibiting Himself like an ordinary child before mother Yasoda. He was playing like a naughty boy, stealing butter and breaking butter pots. Mother Yasoda became disturbed and wanted to bind the Lord to a mortar used for pounding spices. In other words, she considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead an ordinary child.

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