Shloka 35
The Solar Eclipse at Samanta-pañcaka and the Great Reunion of Yādavas, Pāṇḍavas, and Vraja
तावात्मासनमारोप्य बाहुभ्यां परिरभ्य च । यशोदा च महाभागा सुतौ विजहतु: शुच: ॥ ३५ ॥
tāv ātmāsanam āropya bāhubhyāṁ parirabhya ca yaśodā ca mahā-bhāgā sutau vijahatuḥ śucaḥ
إذ رفعا ابنيهما إلى حجريهما وضمّاهما بذراعيهما، نسي نند والأمّ المباركة يَشودا حزنَهما.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī explains that after the initial embraces and obeisances, Vasudeva led Nanda and Yaśodā into his tent as they held the hands of Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Following them inside were Rohiṇī, other women and men of Vraja, and a number of attendants. Inside, Nanda and Yaśodā took the two boys on their laps. Despite having heard the glories of the two Lords of Dvārakā, and despite seeing these opulences now before their eyes, Nanda and Yaśodā looked upon Them as if They were still their eight-year-old children.
FAQs
In Bhagavatam 10.82.35, Yaśodā places Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma on her lap and embraces Them, and that loving reunion causes her (and her sons) to give up their grief.
Yaśodā’s sorrow arose from separation from Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; when she physically embraces Them in maternal affection (vātsalya), the pain of separation is relieved.
The verse highlights that loving connection with Bhagavān—remembering Him, serving Him, and relating to Him with sincere devotion—can gradually dissolve grief and restore inner steadiness.