Taken from the book "The butter thief"
While Krishna and Baladeva were still very young babies, They sometimes crawled to the outer gate of the house. If They saw anyone, Oh! They became afraid. They remembered Their mothers, and at once turned back, and rushed to sit in their laps. And what did Yasoda, and Rohini do then? They put Them in their laps, covered Them with their veils, and caressed Their hair; and then with tears in their eyes, and with melting hearts, they put their breasts in the mouths of Krishna and Baladeva.
Sometimes a gopi would come into Yasoda Maiya’s courtyard. What did she see? Yasoda Maiya was engaged in churning and performing other duties, just to prepare something for Krishna. She had no other occupation. She was always engaged in serving Krishna, and whenever she was performing service, she always remembered him, and sang:
Govinda Damodara Madhaveti, Govinda Damodara Madhaveti
Krishna was crawling in the house and courtyard, and she was making everything neat and clean to protect Him. While she did so, she was singing like this:
Govinda Damodara Madhaveti, Govinda Damodara Madhaveti
Sometimes she was engaged in grinding something with a pestle and mortar, and as she did so, she sang:
Govinda Damodara Madhaveti, Govinda Damodara Madhaveti
Sometimes she engaged her servants in various tasks. At other times, she gave some pomegranate seeds to the parrots, and she told them, “You should sing like me. sing this song:
Govinda Damodara Madhaveti, Govinda Damodara Madhaveti
Yasoda Maiya was not the only one who remembered Krishna while she performed her household duties. All the gopis of Vraja always remembered Krishna in their homes, and they carried on their everyday activities for Krishna, just so that He would come to their houses and steal some butter. They used to think, “He must surely come, and then, somehow I will play a trick and catch hold of Him.“ The Vraja gopis spent all their time serving Krishna by performing their activities in this mood. Sometimes, at about seven in the morning, they would stop what they were doing, and gather together at Yasoda’s house. Why? To see Krishna. He was so beautiful that they had more love and affection for Him than they had even for their own sons. They longed for Krishna so much: “Oh, we want Krishna to be our son, so that we can give Him our breast milk, and serve Him with so much love and affection.“
Comments
I think Madhaveti should be split as Madhava and ithi. Ithi is like etecetera which means she called by some more names also like Govinda, Damodara and Madhava.
I am only slightly familiar with sanskrit so am open to correction. Hari Bol!
Hare Krishna
"Madhaveti" means "Madhava".
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thanks a lot , kindly tell menaing of "Madhaveti"