> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam - Canto 10
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > Canto 10: 'Summum Bonum'

> > *******

> > Chapter Nine: Mother Yas'odâ Binds Lord Krishna

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> > TEXTS 1 - 2

> > s'rî-s'uka uvâca

> > ekadâ griha-dâsîshu

> > yas'odâ nanda-gehinî

> > karmântara-niyuktâsu

> > nirmamantha svayam dadhi

> > yâni yânîha gîtâni

> > tad-bâla-caritâni ca

> > dadhi-nirmanthane kâle

> > smarantî tâny agâyata

> > s'rî-s'ukah uvâca - S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî said; ekadâ - one day; griha-dâsîshu - when all the maidservants of the household were otherwise engaged; yas'odâ - mother Yas'odâ; nanda-gehinî - the queen of Nanda Mahârâja; karma-antara - in other household affairs; niyuktâsu - being engaged; nirmamantha - churned; svayam - personally; dadhi - the yogurt; yâni - all such;

> > yâni - such; iha - in this connection; gîtâni - songs; tat-bâla-caritâni - in which the activities of her own child were enacted; ca - and; dadhi-nirmanthane - while churning the yogurt; kâle - at that time; smarantî - remembering; tâni - all of them (in the form of songs); agâyata - chanted.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî S'ukadeva Gosvâmî continued: One day when mother Yas'odâ saw that all the maidservants were engaged in other household affairs, she personally began to churn the yogurt. While churning, she remembered the childish activities of Krishna, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself about all those activities.

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> > TEXT 3

> > kshaumam vâsah prithu-kathi-tathe bibhratî sûtra-naddham

> > putra-sneha-snuta-kuca-yugam jâta-kampam ca subhrûh

> > rajjv-âkarsha-s'rama-bhuja-calat-kankanau kundale ca

> > svinnam vaktram kabara-vigalan-mâlatî nirmamantha

> > kshaumam - saffron and yellow mixed; vâsah - mother Yas'odâ was wearing such a sari; prithu-kathi-tathe - surrounding her large hips; bibhratî - shaking; sûtra- naddham - bound with a belt; putra-sneha-snuta - because of intense love for her child, became wet with milk; kuca-yugam - the nipples of her breasts; jâta-kampam ca - as they were very nicely moving and quivering; su-bhrûh - who had very beautiful eyebrows; rajju-âkarsha - by pulling on the rope of the churning rod; s'rama - because of the labor; bhuja - on whose hands; calat- kankanau - the two bangles were moving; kundale - the two earrings; ca - also; svinnam - her hair was black like a cloud, so perspiration was dropping like rain; vaktram - throughout her face; kabara-vigalat-mâlatî - and mâlatî flowers were dropping from her hair; nirmamantha - thus mother Yas'odâ was churning the butter.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Dressed in a saffron-yellow sari, with a belt tied about her full hips, mother Yas'odâ pulled on the churning rope, laboring considerably, her bangles and earrings moving and vibrating and her whole body shaking. Because of her intense love for her child, her breasts were wet with milk. Her face, with its very beautiful eyebrows, was wet with perspiration, and mâlatî flowers were falling from her hair.

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> > TEXT 4

> > tâm stanya-kâma âsâdya

> > mathnantîm jananîm harih

> > grihîtvâ dadhi-manthânam

> > nyashedhat prîtim âvahan

> > tâm - unto mother Yas'odâ; stanya-kâmah - Krishna, who was desiring to drink her breast milk; âsâdya - appearing before her; mathnantîm - while she was churning butter; jananîm - to the mother; harih - Krishna; grihîtvâ - catching; dadhi- manthânam - the churning rod; nyashedhat - forbade; prîtim âvahan - creating a situation of love and affection.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While mother Yas'odâ was churning butter, Lord Krishna, desiring to drink the milk of her breast, appeared before her, and in order to increase her transcendental pleasure, He caught hold of the churning rod and began to prevent her from churning.

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> > TEXT 5

> > tam ankam ârûdham apâyayat stanam

> > sneha-snutam sa-smitam îkshatî mukham

> > atriptam utsrijya javena sâ yayâv

> > utsicyamâne payasi tv adhis'rite

> > tam - unto Krishna; ankam ârûdham - very affectionately allowing Him to sit down on her lap; apâyayat - allowed to drink; stanam - her breast; sneha- snutam - which was flowing with milk because of intense affection; sa-smitam îkshatî mukham - mother Yas'odâ was smiling and observing the smiling face of Krishna; atriptam - Krishna, who was still not fully satisfied by drinking the milk; utsrijya - putting Him aside; javena - very hastily; sâ - mother Yas'odâ; yayau - left that place; utsicyamâne payasi - because of seeing that the milk was overflowing; tu - but; adhis'rite - in the milk pan on the oven.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Mother Yas'odâ then embraced Krishna, allowed Him to sit down on her lap, and began to look upon the face of the Lord with great love and affection. Because of her intense affection, milk was flowing from her breast. But when she saw that the milk pan on the oven was boiling over, she immediately left her son to take care of the overflowing milk, although the child was not yet fully satisfied with drinking the milk of His mother's breast.

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> > TEXT 6

> > san'jâta-kopah sphuritârunâdharam

> > sandas'ya dadbhir dadhi-mantha-bhâjanam

> > bhittvâ mrishâs'rur drishad-as'manâ raho

> > jaghâsa haiyangavam antaram gatah

> > san'jâta-kopah - in this way, Krishna being very angry; sphurita-aruna- adharam - swollen reddish lips; sandas'ya - capturing; dadbhih - by His teeth; dadhi-mantha-bhâjanam - the pot in which yogurt was being churned; bhittvâ - breaking; mrishâ-as'ruh - with false tears in the eyes; drishat- as'manâ - with a piece of stone; rahah - in a solitary place; jaghâsa - began to eat; haiyangavam - the freshly churned butter; antaram - within the room; gatah - having gone.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Being very angry and biting His reddish lips with His teeth, Krishna, with false tears in His eyes, broke the container of yogurt with a piece of stone. Then He entered a room and began to eat the freshly churned butter in a solitary place.

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> > TEXT 7

> > uttârya gopî sus'ritam payah punah

> > pravis'ya samdris'ya ca dadhy-amatrakam

> > bhagnam vilokya sva-sutasya karma taj

> > jahâsa tam câpi na tatra pas'yatî

> > uttârya - putting down from the oven; gopî - mother Yas'odâ; su-s'ritam - very hot; payah - the milk; punah - again; pravis'ya - entered the churning spot; samdris'ya - 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; jahâsa - smiled; tam ca - Krishna also; api - at the same time; na - not; tatra - there; pas'yatî - finding.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Mother Yas'odâ, 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.

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> > TEXT 8

> > ulûkhalânghrer upari vyavasthitam

> > markâya kâmam dadatam s'ici sthitam

> > haiyangavam caurya-vis'ankitekshanam

> > nirîkshya pas'cât sutam âgamac chanaih

> > ulûkhala-anghreh - of the mortar in which spices were ground and which was being kept upside down; upari - on top; vyavasthitam - Krishna was sitting; markâya - unto a monkey; kâmam - according to His satisfaction; dadatam - delivering shares; s'ici sthitam - situated in the butter pot hanging on the swing; haiyangavam - butter and other milk preparations; caurya- vis'ankita - because of stealing, were anxiously looking hither and thither; îkshanam - whose eyes; nirîkshya - by seeing these activities; pas'cât - from behind; sutam - her son; âgamat - she reached; s'anaih - very slowly, cautiously.

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> > TEXT 9

> > tâm âtta-yashthim prasamîkshya satvaras

> > tato 'varuhyâpasasâra bhîtavat

> > gopy anvadhâvan na yam âpa yoginâm

> > kshamam praveshthum tapaseritam manah

> > tâm - unto mother Yas'odâ; âtta-yashthim - carrying in her hand a stick; prasamîkshya - Krishna, seeing her in that attitude; satvarah - very quickly; tatah - from there; avaruhya - getting down; apasasâra - began to flee; bhîta- vat - as if very much afraid; gopî - mother Yas'odâ; anvadhâvat - began to follow Him; na - not; yam - unto whom; âpa - failed to reach; yoginâm - of great yogîs, mystics; kshamam - who could reach Him; praveshthum - trying to enter into the Brahman effulgence or Paramâtmâ; tapasâ - with great austerities and penances; îritam - trying for that purpose; manah - by meditation.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When Lord S'rî Krishna saw His mother, stick in hand, He very quickly got down from the top of the mortar and began to flee as if very much afraid. Although yogîs try to capture Him as Paramâtmâ by meditation, desiring to enter into the effulgence of the Lord with great austerities and penances, they fail to reach Him. But mother Yas'odâ, thinking that same Personality of Godhead, Krishna, to be her son, began following Krishna to catch Him.

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> > TEXT 10

> > anvan'camânâ jananî brihac-calac-

> > chronî-bharâkrânta-gatih sumadhyamâ

> > javena visramsita-kes'a-bandhana-

> > cyuta-prasûnânugatih parâmris'at

> > anvan'camânâ - following Krishna very swiftly; jananî - mother Yas'odâ; brihat-calat- s'ronî-bhara-âkrânta-gatih - being overburdened by the weight of her large breasts, she became tired and had to reduce her speed; su-madhyamâ - because of her thin waist; javena - because of going very fast; visramsita-kes'a- bandhana - from her arrangement of hair, which had become loosened; cyuta- prasûna-anugatih - she was followed by the flowers falling after her; parâmris'at - finally captured Krishna without fail.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While following Krishna, mother Yas'odâ, her thin waist overburdened by her heavy breasts, naturally had to reduce her speed. Because of following Krishna very swiftly, her hair became loose, and the flowers in her hair were falling after her. Yet she did not fail to capture her son Krishna.

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> > TEXT 11

> > kritâgasam tam prarudantam akshinî

> > kashantam an'jan-mashinî sva-pâninâ

> > udvîkshamânam bhaya-vihvalekshanam

> > haste grihîtvâ bhishayanty avâgurat

> > krita-âgasam - who was an offender; tam - unto Krishna; prarudantam - with a crying attitude; akshinî - His two eyes; kashantam - rubbing; an'jat-mashinî - from whose eyes the blackish ointment was distributed all over His face with tears; sva-pâninâ - with His own hand; udvîkshamânam - who was seen in that attitude by mother Yas'odâ; bhaya-vihvala-îkshanam - whose eyes appeared distressed because of such fear of His mother; haste - by the hand; grihîtvâ - catching; bhishayantî - mother Yas'odâ was threatening Him; avâgurat - and thus she very mildly chastised Him.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When caught by mother Yas'odâ, Krishna became more and more afraid and admitted to being an offender. As she looked upon Him, she saw that He was crying, His tears mixing with the black ointment around His eyes, and as He rubbed His eyes with His hands, He smeared the ointment all over His face. Mother Yas'odâ, catching her beautiful son by the hand, mildly began to chastise Him.

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> > TEXT 12

> > tyaktvâ yashthim sutam bhîtam

> > vijn'âyârbhaka-vatsalâ

> > iyesha kila tam baddhum

> > dâmnâtad-vîrya-kovidâ

> > tyaktvâ - throwing away; yashthim - the stick in her hand; sutam - her son; bhîtam - considering her son's great fear; vijn'âya - understanding; arbhaka- vatsalâ - the most affectionate mother of Krishna; iyesha - desired; kila - indeed; tam - Krishna; baddhum - to bind; dâmnâ - with a rope; a-tat-vîrya-kovidâ - without knowledge of the supremely powerful Personality of Godhead (because of intense love for Krishna).

> > TRANSLATION

> > Mother Yas'odâ was always overwhelmed by intense love for Krishna, not knowing who Krishna was or how powerful He was. Because of maternal affection for Krishna, she never even cared to know who He was. Therefore, when she saw that her son had become excessively afraid, she threw the stick away and desired to bind Him so that He would not commit any further naughty activities.

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> > TEXTS 13 - 14

> > na cântar na bahir yasya

> > na pûrvam nâpi câparam

> > pûrvâparam bahis' cântar

> > jagato yo jagac ca yah

> > tam matvâtmajam avyaktam

> > martya-lingam adhokshajam

> > gopikolûkhale dâmnâ

> > babandha prâkritam yathâ

> > na - not; ca - also; antah - interior; na - nor; bahih - exterior; yasya - whose; na - neither; pûrvam - beginning; na - nor; api - indeed; ca - also; aparam - end; pûrva-aparam - the beginning and the end; bahih ca antah - the external and the internal; jagatah - of the whole cosmic manifestation; yah - one who is; jagat ca yah - and who is everything in creation in total;

> > tam - Him; matvâ - considering; âtmajam - her own son; avyaktam - the unmanifested; martya- lingam - appearing as a human being; adhokshajam - beyond sense perception; gopikâ - mother Yas'odâ; ulûkhale - to the grinding mortar; dâmnâ - by a rope; babandha - bound; prâkritam yathâ - as done to a common human child.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no beginning and no end, no exterior and no interior, no front and no rear. In other words, He is all-pervading. Because He is not under the influence of the element of time, for Him there is no difference between past, present and future; He exists in His own transcendental form at all times. Being absolute, beyond relativity, He is free from distinctions between cause and effect, although He is the cause and effect of everything. That unmanifested person, who is beyond the perception of the senses, had now appeared as a human child, and mother Yas'odâ, considering Him her own ordinary child, bound Him to the wooden mortar with a rope.

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> > TEXT 15

> > tad dâma badhyamânasya

> > svârbhakasya kritâgasah

> > dvy-angulonam abhût tena

> > sandadhe 'nyac ca gopikâ

> > tat dâma - that binding rope; badhyamânasya - who was being bound by mother Yas'odâ; sva-arbhakasya - of her own son; krita-âgasah - who was an offender; dvi- angula - by a measurement of two fingers; ûnam - short; abhût - became; tena - with that rope; sandadhe - joined; anyat ca - another rope; gopikâ - mother Yas'odâ.

> > TRANSLATION

> > When mother Yas'odâ was trying to bind the offending child, she saw that the binding rope was short by a distance the width of two fingers. Thus she brought another rope to join to it.

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> > TEXT 16

> > yadâsît tad api nyûnam

> > tenânyad api sandadhe

> > tad api dvy-angulam nyûnam

> > yad yad âdatta bandhanam

> > yadâ - when; âsît - became; tat api - even the new rope that had been joined; nyûnam - still short; tena - then, with the second rope; anyat api - another rope also; sandadhe - she joined; tat api - that also; dvi-angulam - by a measurement of two fingers; nyûnam - remained short; yat yat âdatta - in this way, one after another, whatever ropes she joined; bandhanam - for binding Krishna.

> > TRANSLATION

> > This new rope also was short by a measurement of two fingers, and when another rope was joined to it, it was still two fingers too short. As many ropes as she joined, all of them failed; their shortness could not be overcome.

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> > TEXT 17

> > evam sva-geha-dâmâni

> > yas'odâ sandadhaty api

> > gopînâm susmayantînâm

> > smayantî vismitâbhavat

> > evam - in this manner; sva-geha-dâmâni - all the ropes available in the household; yas'odâ - mother Yas'odâ; sandadhati api - although she was joining one after another; gopînâm - when all the other elderly gopî friends of mother Yas'odâ; su-smayantînâm - were all taking pleasure in this funny affair; smayantî - mother Yas'odâ was also smiling; vismitâ abhavat - all of them were struck with wonder.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus mother Yas'odâ joined whatever ropes were available in the household, but still she failed in her attempt to bind Krishna. Mother Yas'odâ's friends, the elderly gopîs in the neighborhood, were smiling and enjoying the fun. Similarly, mother Yas'odâ, although laboring in that way, was also smiling. All of them were struck with wonder.

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> > TEXT 18

> > sva-mâtuh svinna-gâtrâyâ

> > visrasta-kabara-srajah

> > drishthvâ paris'ramam krishnah

> > kripayâsît sva-bandhane

> > sva-mâtuh - of His own mother (Krishna's mother, Yas'odâdevî); svinna- gâtrâyâh - when Krishna saw His mother perspiring all over because of unnecessary labor; visrasta - were falling down; kabara - from her hair; srajah - of whom the flowers; drishthvâ - by seeing the condition of His mother; paris'ramam - He could understand that she was now overworked and feeling fatigued; krishnah - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kripayâ - by His causeless mercy upon His devotee and mother; âsît - agreed; sva-bandhane - in binding Him.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Because of mother Yas'odâ's hard labor, her whole body became covered with perspiration, and the flowers and comb were falling from her hair. When child Krishna saw His mother thus fatigued, He became merciful to her and agreed to be bound.

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> > TEXT 19

> > evam sandars'itâ hy anga

> > harinâ bhritya-vas'yatâ

> > sva-vas'enâpi krishnena

> > yasyedam ses'varam vas'e

> > evam - in this manner; sandars'itâ - was exhibited; hi - indeed; anga - O Mahârâja Parîkchit; harinâ - by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhritya-vas'yatâ - His transcendental quality of becoming subordinate to His servitor or devotee; sva-vas'ena - who is within the control only of His own self; api - indeed; krishnena - by Krishna; yasya - of whom; idam - the whole universe; sa-îs'varam - with the powerful demigods like Lord S'iva and Lord Brahmâ; vas'e - under the control.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Mahârâja Parîkchit, this entire universe, with its great, exalted demigods like Lord S'iva, Lord Brahmâ and Lord Indra, is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yet the Supreme Lord has one transcendental attribute: He comes under the control of His devotees. This was now exhibited by Krishna in this pastime.

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> > TEXT 20

> > nemam virin'co na bhavo

> > na s'rîr apy anga-sams'rayâ

> > prasâdam lebhire gopî

> > yat tat prâpa vimuktidât

> > na - not; imam - this exalted position; virin'cah - Lord Brahmâ; na - nor; bhavah - Lord S'iva; na - nor; s'rîh - the goddess of fortune; api - indeed; anga- sams'rayâ - although she is always the better half of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prasâdam - mercy; lebhire - obtained; gopî - mother Yas'odâ; yat tat - as that which; prâpa - obtained; vimukti-dât - from Krishna, who gives deliverance from this material world.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Neither Lord Brahmâ, nor Lord S'iva, nor even the goddess of fortune, who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yas'odâ.

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> > TEXT 21

> > nâyam sukhâpo bhagavân

> > dehinâm gopikâ-sutah

> > jn'âninâm câtma-bhûtânâm

> > yathâ bhaktimatâm iha

> > na - not; ayam - this; sukha-âpah - very easily obtainable, or an object of happiness; bhagavân - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dehinâm - of persons in the bodily concept of life, especially the karmîs; gopikâ-sutah - Krishna, the son of mother Yas'odâ (Krishna as the son of Vasudeva is called Vâsudeva, and as the son of mother Yas'odâ He is known as Krishna); jn'âninâm ca - and of the jn'ânîs, who try to be free from material contamination; âtma- bhûtânâm - of self-sufficient yogîs; yathâ - as; bhakti-matâm - of the devotees; iha - in this world.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, the son of mother Yas'odâ, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self- realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.

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> > TEXT 22

> > krishnas tu griha-krityeshu

> > vyagrâyâm mâtari prabhuh

> > adrâkshîd arjunau pûrvam

> > guhyakau dhanadâtmajau

> > krishnah tu - in the meantime; griha-krityeshu - in engagement in household affairs; vyagrâyâm - very busy; mâtari - when His mother; prabhuh - the Lord; adrâkshît - observed; arjunau - the twin arjuna trees; pûrvam - before Him; guhyakau - which in a former millennium had been demigods; dhanada- âtmajau - the sons of Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods.

> > TRANSLATION

> > While mother Yas'odâ was very busy with household affairs, the Supreme Lord, Krishna, observed twin trees known as yamala-arjuna, which in a former millennium had been the demigod sons of Kuvera.

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> > TEXT 23

> > purâ nârada-s'âpena

> > vrikshatâm prâpitau madât

> > nalakûvara-manigrîvâv

> > iti khyâtau s'riyânvitau

> > purâ - formerly; nârada-s'âpena - being cursed by Nârada Muni; vrikshatâm - the forms of trees; prâpitau - obtained; madât - because of madness; nalakûvara - one of them was Nalakûvara; manigrîvau - the other was Manigrîva; iti - thus; khyâtau - well known; s'riyâ anvitau - very opulent.

> > TRANSLATION

> > In their former birth, these two sons, known as Nalakûvara and Manigrîva, were extremely opulent and fortunate. But because of pride and false prestige, they did not care about anyone, and thus Nârada Muni cursed them to become trees.

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