grhnita yad yad upabandham amusya mata
sulbam sutasya na tu tat tad amusya mati
yaj jrmbhato 'sya vadane bhuvanani gopi
samviksya sankita-manah pratibodhitasit
grhnita -- by taking up; yat yat -- whatsoever; upabandham -- ropes for tying; amusya -- His; mata -- mother; sulbam -- ropes; sutasya -- of her son; na -- not; tu -- however; tat tat -- by and by; amusya -- His; mati -- was sufficient; yat -- that which; jrmbhatah -- opening the mouth; asya -- of Him; vadane -- in the mouth; bhuvanani -- the worlds; gopi -- the cowherd woman; samviksya -- so seeing it; sankita-manah -- doubtful in mind; pratibodhita -- convinced in a different way; asit -- was so done.
One day Lord Krsna as the naughty child disturbed His mother Yasoda, 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 Krsna she thought that the Almighty Godhead Narayana had kindly looked after her son just to protect Him from all the continuous calamities happening to Him. Because of her deep affection for Krsna, she could never think that her very son was Narayana, the Personality of Godhead Himself. That is the action of yogamaya, 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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