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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.9.7

uttārya gopī suśṛtaḿ payaḥ punaḥ

praviśya saḿdṛśya ca dadhy-amatrakam

bhagnaḿ vilokya sva-sutasya karma taj

jahāsa taḿ cāpi na tatra paśyatī

SYNONYMS

uttārya — putting down from the oven; gopī — mother Yaśodā; su-śṛtam — very hot; payaḥ — the milk; punaḥ — again; praviśya — entered the churning spot; saḿdṛśya — 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 caKṛṣṇa 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 Kṛṣṇa was not present, she concluded that the breaking of the pot was the work of Kṛṣṇa.

PURPORT

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

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