Shloka 8
Dāmodara-līlā: Mother Yaśodā Binds Kṛṣṇa; the Two-Fingers Mystery; Prelude to the Yamala-Arjuna Deliverance
उलूखलाङ्घ्रेरुपरि व्यवस्थितं मर्काय कामं ददतं शिचि स्थितम् । हैयङ्गवं चौर्यविशङ्कितेक्षणं निरीक्ष्य पश्चात् सुतमागमच्छनै: ॥ ८ ॥
ulūkhalāṅghrer upari vyavasthitaṁ markāya kāmaṁ dadataṁ śici sthitam haiyaṅgavaṁ caurya-viśaṅkitekṣaṇaṁ nirīkṣya paścāt sutam āgamac chanaiḥ
当时，圣主奎师那坐在倒扣的木臼上，随心所欲地把酸奶、黄油等乳制品分给猴群。因偷食而惴惴不安，担心母亲责罚，他焦虑地四下张望。母亲雅输达见状，便从背后极其谨慎地缓缓靠近。
Mother Yaśodā was able to trace Kṛṣṇa by following His butter-smeared footprints. She saw that Kṛṣṇa was stealing butter, and thus she smiled. Meanwhile, the crows also entered the room and came out in fear. Thus mother Yaśodā found Kṛṣṇa stealing butter and very anxiously looking here and there.
FAQs
This verse depicts Kṛṣṇa standing on a mortar to reach butter kept high and then freely giving it to monkeys, while Yaśodā, suspecting his mischief, approaches quietly from behind—showing his playful, intimate Vraja-līlā.
Seeing him engaged in “theft” and mischief, Yaśodā came slowly from behind so he would not notice and run away, setting the scene for her later attempt to catch and discipline him in loving parental devotion.
The verse highlights loving attentiveness and relationship: devotion grows through intimate remembrance of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes, and through sincere, affectionate discipline and care—offered without harshness or ego.