Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 9: Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Lord Krishna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.9.7

uttārya gopī suśritam payah punah

praviśya samdriśya ca dadhy-amatrakam

bhagnam vilokya sva-sutasya karma taj

jahāsa tam cāpi na tatra paśyatī

SYNONYMS

uttārya — putting down from the oven; gopī — mother Yaśodā; su-śritam — very hot; payah — the milk; punah — again; praviśya — entered the churning spot; samdriśya — by observing; ca — also; dadhi-amatrakam — the container of yogurt; bhagnam — broken; vilokya — seeing this; sva-sutasya — of her own child; karma — work; tat — that; jahāsa — smiled; tam caKrishna also; api — at the same time; na — not; tatra — there; paśyatī — finding.

TRANSLATION

Mother Yaśodā, after taking down the hot milk from the oven, returned to the churning spot, and when she saw that the container of yogurt was broken and that Krishna was not present, she concluded that the breaking of the pot was the work of Krishna.

PURPORT

Seeing the pot broken and Krishna not present, Yaśodā definitely concluded that the breaking of the pot was the work of Krishna. There was no doubt about it.

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