yady evaṁ tarhi vyādehī-
ty uktaḥ sa bhagavān hariḥ
vyādattāvyāhataiśvaryaḥ
krīḍā-manuja-bālakaḥ
ty uktaḥ sa bhagavān hariḥ
vyādattāvyāhataiśvaryaḥ
krīḍā-manuja-bālakaḥ
Synonyms
yadi-if; evam-it is so; tarhi-then; vyādehi-open Your mouth wide (I want to see); iti uktaḥ-in this way ordered by mother Yaśodā; saḥ-He; bhagavān-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hariḥ-the Supreme Lord; vyādatta-opened His mouth; avyāhata-aiśvaryaḥ-without minimizing any potencies of absolute opulence (aiśvaryasya samagrasya); krīḍā-pastimes; manuja-bālakaḥ-exactly like the child of a human being.
Mother Yaśodā challenged Kṛṣṇa, "If You have not eaten earth, then open Your mouth wide." When challenged by His mother in this way, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, to exhibit pastimes like a human child, opened His mouth. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, who is full of all opulences, did not disturb His mother's parental affection, His opulence was automatically displayed, for Kṛṣṇa's opulence is never lost at any stage, but is manifest at the proper time.
Without disturbing the ecstasy of His mother's affection, Kṛṣṇa opened His mouth and displayed His own natural opulences. When a person is given varieties of food, there may be a hundred and one varieties, but if one likes ordinary śāka, spinach, he prefers to eat that. Similarly, although Kṛṣṇa was full of opulences, now, by the order of mother Yaśodā, He opened wide His mouth like a human child and did not neglect the transcendental humor of maternal affection.
TEXTS 37–39
sā tatra dadṛśe viśvaṁ
jagat sthāsnu ca khaṁ diśaḥ
sādri-dvīpābdhi-bhūgolaṁ
sa-vāyv-agnīndu-tārakam
jyotiś-cakraṁ jalaṁ tejo
nabhasvān viyad eva ca
vaikārikāṇīndriyāṇi
mano mātrā guṇās trayaḥ
etad vicitraṁ saha-jīva-kāla-
svabhāva-karmāśaya-liṅga-bhedam
sūnos tanau vīkṣya vidāritāsye
vrajaṁ sahātmānam avāpa śaṅkām
SYNONYMS
sā-mother Yaśodā; tatra-within the wide-open mouth of Kṛṣṇa; dadṛśe-saw; viśvam-the whole universe; jagat-moving entities; sthāsnu-maintenance of nonmoving entities; ca-and; kham-the sky; diśaḥ-the directions; sa-adri-with the mountains; dvīpa-islands; abdhi-and oceans; bhū-golam-the surface of the earth; sa-vāyu-with the blowing wind; agni-fire; indu-the moon; tārakam-stars; jyotiḥ-cakram-the planetary systems; jalam-water; tejaḥ-light; nabhasvān-outer space; viyat-the sky; eva-also; ca-and; vaikārikāṇi-creation by transformation of ahaṅkāra; indriyāṇi-the senses; manaḥ-mind; mātrāḥ-sense perception; guṇāḥ trayaḥ-the three material qualities (sattva, rajas and tamas); etat-all these; vicitram-varieties; saha-along with; jīva-kāla-the duration of life of all living entities; svabhāva-natural instinct; karma-āśaya-resultant action and desire for material enjoyment; liṅga-bhedam-varieties of bodies according to desire; sūnoḥ tanau-in the body of her son; vīkṣya-seeing; vidārita-āsye-within the wide-open mouth; vrajam-Vṛndāvana-dhāma, Nanda Mahārāja's place; saha-ātmānam-along with herself; avāpa-was struck; śaṅkām-with all doubts and wonder.
When Kṛṣṇa opened His mouth wide by the order of mother Yaśodā, she saw within His mouth all moving and nonmoving entities, outer space, and all directions, along with mountains, islands, oceans, the surface of the earth, the blowing wind, fire, the moon and the stars. She saw the planetary systems, water, light, air, sky, and creation by transformation of ahaṅkāra. She also saw the senses, the mind, sense perception, and the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance. She saw the time allotted for the living entities, she saw natural instinct and the reactions of karma, and she saw desires and different varieties of bodies, moving and nonmoving. Seeing all these aspects of the cosmic manifestation, along with herself and Vṛndāvana-dhāma, she became doubtful and fearful of her son's nature.
All the cosmic manifestations that exist on the gross and subtle elements, as well as the means of their agitation, the three guṇas, the living entity, creation, maintenance, annihilation and everything going on in the external energy of the Lord-all this comes from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda. Everything is within the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (9.10). Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: everything in the material nature (prakṛti) works under His control. Because all these manifestations come from Govinda, they could all be visible within the mouth of Govinda. Quite astonishingly, mother Yaśodā was afraid because of intense maternal affection. She could not believe that within the mouth of her son such things could appear. Yet she saw them, and therefore she was struck with fear and wonder.
Mother Yaśodā challenged Kṛṣṇa, "If You have not eaten earth, then open Your mouth wide." When challenged by His mother in this way, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, to exhibit pastimes like a human child, opened His mouth. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, who is full of all opulences, did not disturb His mother's parental affection, His opulence was automatically displayed, for Kṛṣṇa's opulence is never lost at any stage, but is manifest at the proper time.
Without disturbing the ecstasy of His mother's affection, Kṛṣṇa opened His mouth and displayed His own natural opulences. When a person is given varieties of food, there may be a hundred and one varieties, but if one likes ordinary śāka, spinach, he prefers to eat that. Similarly, although Kṛṣṇa was full of opulences, now, by the order of mother Yaśodā, He opened wide His mouth like a human child and did not neglect the transcendental humor of maternal affection.
TEXTS 37–39
sā tatra dadṛśe viśvaṁ
jagat sthāsnu ca khaṁ diśaḥ
sādri-dvīpābdhi-bhūgolaṁ
sa-vāyv-agnīndu-tārakam
jyotiś-cakraṁ jalaṁ tejo
nabhasvān viyad eva ca
vaikārikāṇīndriyāṇi
mano mātrā guṇās trayaḥ
etad vicitraṁ saha-jīva-kāla-
svabhāva-karmāśaya-liṅga-bhedam
sūnos tanau vīkṣya vidāritāsye
vrajaṁ sahātmānam avāpa śaṅkām
SYNONYMS
sā-mother Yaśodā; tatra-within the wide-open mouth of Kṛṣṇa; dadṛśe-saw; viśvam-the whole universe; jagat-moving entities; sthāsnu-maintenance of nonmoving entities; ca-and; kham-the sky; diśaḥ-the directions; sa-adri-with the mountains; dvīpa-islands; abdhi-and oceans; bhū-golam-the surface of the earth; sa-vāyu-with the blowing wind; agni-fire; indu-the moon; tārakam-stars; jyotiḥ-cakram-the planetary systems; jalam-water; tejaḥ-light; nabhasvān-outer space; viyat-the sky; eva-also; ca-and; vaikārikāṇi-creation by transformation of ahaṅkāra; indriyāṇi-the senses; manaḥ-mind; mātrāḥ-sense perception; guṇāḥ trayaḥ-the three material qualities (sattva, rajas and tamas); etat-all these; vicitram-varieties; saha-along with; jīva-kāla-the duration of life of all living entities; svabhāva-natural instinct; karma-āśaya-resultant action and desire for material enjoyment; liṅga-bhedam-varieties of bodies according to desire; sūnoḥ tanau-in the body of her son; vīkṣya-seeing; vidārita-āsye-within the wide-open mouth; vrajam-Vṛndāvana-dhāma, Nanda Mahārāja's place; saha-ātmānam-along with herself; avāpa-was struck; śaṅkām-with all doubts and wonder.
When Kṛṣṇa opened His mouth wide by the order of mother Yaśodā, she saw within His mouth all moving and nonmoving entities, outer space, and all directions, along with mountains, islands, oceans, the surface of the earth, the blowing wind, fire, the moon and the stars. She saw the planetary systems, water, light, air, sky, and creation by transformation of ahaṅkāra. She also saw the senses, the mind, sense perception, and the three qualities goodness, passion and ignorance. She saw the time allotted for the living entities, she saw natural instinct and the reactions of karma, and she saw desires and different varieties of bodies, moving and nonmoving. Seeing all these aspects of the cosmic manifestation, along with herself and Vṛndāvana-dhāma, she became doubtful and fearful of her son's nature.
All the cosmic manifestations that exist on the gross and subtle elements, as well as the means of their agitation, the three guṇas, the living entity, creation, maintenance, annihilation and everything going on in the external energy of the Lord-all this comes from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda. Everything is within the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (9.10). Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: everything in the material nature (prakṛti) works under His control. Because all these manifestations come from Govinda, they could all be visible within the mouth of Govinda. Quite astonishingly, mother Yaśodā was afraid because of intense maternal affection. She could not believe that within the mouth of her son such things could appear. Yet she saw them, and therefore she was struck with fear and wonder.