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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.7.30
grihnīta yad yad upabandham amushya mātā
śulbam sutasya na tu tat tad amushya māti
yaj jrimbhato 'sya vadane bhuvanāni gopī
samvīkshya śańkita-manāh pratibodhitāsīt
SYNONYMS
grihnīta — by taking up; yat yat — whatsoever; upabandham — ropes for tying; amushya — His; mātā — mother; śulbam — ropes; sutasya — of her son; na — not; tu — however; tat tat — by and by; amushya — His; māti — was sufficient; yat — that which; jrimbhatah — opening the mouth; asya — of Him; vadane — in the mouth; bhuvanāni — the worlds; gopī — the cowherd woman; samvīkshya — so seeing it; śańkita-manāh — doubtful in mind; pratibodhitā — convinced in a different way; āsīt — was so done.
TRANSLATION
When the cowherd woman [Krishna's foster mother, Yaśodā] was trying to tie the hands of her son with ropes, she found the rope to be always insufficient in length, and when she finally gave up, Lord Krishna, by and by, opened His mouth, wherein the mother found all the universes situated. Seeing this, she was doubtful in her mind, but she was convinced in a different manner of the mystic nature of her son.
PURPORT
One day Lord Krishna as the naughty child disturbed His mother Yaśodā, and she began to tie up the child with ropes just to punish Him. But no matter how much rope she used, she found it always insufficient. Thus she became fatigued, but in the meantime the Lord opened His mouth, and the affectionate mother saw within the mouth of her son all the universes situated together. The mother was astonished, but out of her deep affection for Krishna she thought that the Almighty Godhead Nārāyana had kindly looked after her son just to protect Him from all the continuous calamities happening to Him. Because of her deep affection for Krishna, she could never think that her very son was Nārāyana, the Personality of Godhead Himself. That is the action of yogamāyā, the internal potency of the Supreme Lord, which acts to perfect all the pastimes of the Lord with His different types of devotees. Who could play such wonders without being God?
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness