"So this is God's pastimes. He is supplying the necessities of life to all the living entities, but He is begging from mother Yasoda, 'Kindly allow Me to suck your breast.' And when mother refuses, He becomes angry. He breaks the pot of butter and so on, so on. You know this. This is called transcendental pastimes. And at the same time when it is required, He immediately lifts the Govardhana Hill. Immediately. Although He is dependent on mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja. Nanda Maharaja is seeing, 'Oh, this little boy has lifted Govardhana Hill? Oh! How it is possible? Let me help.' He's trying to help Him by sticking the stick on the Govardhana Hill that it may not fall down. You see? He has already lifted; still, because father, affectionate, he's thinking, 'The childish boy, he has lifted the Govardhana Hill. It may now fall down. Let me help Him.' This is going on. This is called transcendental pastimes."
He said that the non-devotees cannot understand these pastimes. "They say it is mythology. It is not mythology, it is fact. Why should you restrict Him not to become the son of Devaki? Is He under your control or you are under His control? He can become the Devaki-suta; He can become a small child to be chastised by mother Yasoda. He likes it."
Then Prabhupada described why Krsna likes to be chastised. "Everyone offers Him with reverence all respect. Nobody dares to restrict Him and chastise Him. Nobody goes to God, that 'You cannot do this. You are fool, You are rascal.' Nobody says. But still He wants to hear all this. That is a pastime. Just like a big rich man. He eats so many nice things. But sometimes he says, 'Give me some puffed rice.' Puffed rice is not his food, but he likes sometimes. Similarly, everyone prays to God with reverence and vow and obedience, but He wants to be chastised sometimes. That chastisement, from where this chastisement will come? It will come from His devotee, not ordinary. If ordinary man chastises, imitating Yasodamayi, he will be offender, he will be punished. But where He agrees to be chastised, 'Mother you chastise Me,' that is bhakti."
- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu
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