Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 19.205
The Supreme Lord Appears as Yaśodā’s Child
“ ‘Although Kṛṣṇa is beyond sense perception and is unmanifest to human beings, He takes up the guise of a human being with a material body. Thus mother Yaśodā thought Him to be her son, and she bound Lord Kṛṣṇa with rope to a wooden mortar, as if He were an ordinary child.’
What the purport teaches
- Although Kṛṣṇa is beyond sense perception, He exhibited Himself like an ordinary child before mother Yaśodā.
- He played like a naughty boy, stealing butter and breaking butter pots. Mother Yaśodā became disturbed and wanted to bind Him to a mortar used for pounding spices.
- Mother Yaśodā bound Kṛṣṇa with rope to a wooden mortar. She considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead an ordinary child.
Try this today
Reread the verse and name one action that shows Yaśodā’s motherly relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Ask yourself
How does Yaśodā’s response show that she considered Kṛṣṇa her own child?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.