Shloka 37
Utthāna Ceremony, Śakaṭa-bhañga, Tṛṇāvarta-vadha, and the Vision of the Universe in Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth
सा वीक्ष्य विश्वं सहसा राजन् सञ्जातवेपथु: । सम्मील्य मृगशावाक्षी नेत्रे आसीत्सुविस्मिता ॥ ३७ ॥
sā vīkṣya viśvaṁ sahasā rājan sañjāta-vepathuḥ sammīlya mṛgaśāvākṣī netre āsīt suvismitā
അമ്മ യശോദ കുഞ്ഞിന്റെ വായിൽ മുഴുവൻ വിശ്വവും കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അവളുടെ ഹൃദയം താളം തെറ്റി; അത്യന്തം വിസ്മയത്തോടെ ചഞ്ചലമായ കണ്ണുകൾ അടയ്ക്കാൻ അവൾ ആഗ്രഹിച്ചു।
Because of her pure maternal love, mother Yaśodā thought that this wonderful child playing so many tricks must have had some disease. She did not appreciate the wonders shown by her child; rather, she wanted to close her eyes. She was expecting another danger, and therefore her eyes became restless like those of a deer cub. This was all the arrangement of Yoga-māyā. The relationship between mother Yaśodā and Kṛṣṇa is one of pure maternal love. In that love, mother Yaśodā did not very much appreciate the display of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s opulences.
FAQs
This verse describes Yaśodā’s sudden vision of the entire universe (viśva) and her overwhelming astonishment and trembling upon witnessing that cosmic revelation in her child.
Her maternal affection is confronted by an unimaginable divine vision; the shock of seeing the cosmos makes her tremble, and she reflexively closes her eyes, remaining stunned in wonder.
It teaches that the Divine can appear in intimate, everyday forms; reverence and humility arise when we recognize a higher reality within ordinary moments.