Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10 — Chapter 9
SB 10 9.1
श्री-शुक उवाच एकदा गृह-दासीषु यशोदा नन्द-गेहिनी कर्मान्तर-नियुक्तासु निर्ममन्थ स्वयं दधि
śrī-śuka uvāca ekadā gṛha-dāsīṣu yaśodā nanda-gehinī karmāntara-niyuktāsu nirmamantha svayaṃ dadhi
Śrī Śuka said: Once, when the household maidservants were engaged in other work, Yaśodā, Nanda's wife, churned curd herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.2
यानि यानीह गीतानि तद्-बाल-चरितानि च दधि-निर्मन्थने काले स्मरन्ती तान्य् अगायत
yāni yānīha gītāni tad-bāla-caritāni ca dadhi-nirmanthane kāle smarantī tāny agāyata
Whatever songs there were here about the deeds of that child, she recalled them at the time of churning the curd and sang them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.3
क्षौमं वासः पृथु-कटि-तटे बिभ्रती सूत्र-नद्धं पुत्र-स्नेह-स्नुत-कुच-युगं जात-कम्पं च सुभ्रूः अम्प्;रज्ज्व्-आकर्ष-श्रम-भुज-चलत्-कङ्कणौ कुण्डले च स्विन्नं वक्त्रं कबर-विगलन्-मालती निर्ममन्थ
kṣaumaṃ vāsaḥ pṛthu-kaṭi-taṭe bibhratī sūtra-naddhaṃ putra-sneha-snuta-kuca-yugaṃ jāta-kampaṃ ca subhrūḥ rajjv-ākarṣa-śrama-bhuja-calat-kaṅkaṇau kuṇḍale ca svinnaṃ vaktraṃ kabara-vigalan-mālatī nirmamantha
Wearing a linen garment fastened with a cord on her broad hips, that fair-browed woman churned — her pair of breasts wet with milk out of love for her son and shaking, her bangles and earrings moving on arms weary from pulling the rope, her face sweating, the mālatī flowers slipping from her braid.
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SB 10 9.4
तां स्तन्य-काम आसाद्य मथ्नन्तीं जननीं हरिः गृहीत्वा दधि-मन्थानं न्यषेधत् प्रीतिम् आवहन्
tāṃ stanya-kāma āsādya mathnantīṃ jananīṃ hariḥ gṛhītvā dadhi-manthānaṃ nyaṣedhat prītim āvahan
Wanting her breast-milk, Hari came up to his churning mother and, seizing the churning-rod, stopped her, bringing (her) delight.
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SB 10 9.5
तम् अङ्कम् आरूढम् अपाययत् स्तनं स्नेह-स्नुतं स-स्मितम् ईक्षती मुखम् अतृप्तम् उत्सृज्य जवेन सा ययाव् उत्सिच्यमाने पयसि त्व् अधिश्रिते
tam aṅkam ārūḍham apāyayat stanaṃ sneha-snutaṃ sa-smitam īkṣatī mukham atṛptam utsṛjya javena sā yayāv utsicyamāne payasi tv adhiśrite
She let him, climbed onto her lap, drink the breast that flowed with affection, looking with a smile at his face; but while the milk set on the fire was boiling over, she left him unsatisfied and went off quickly.
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SB 10 9.6
सञ्जात-कोपः स्फुरितारुणाधरं सन्दश्य दद्भिर् दधि-मन्थ-भाजनम् भित्त्वा मृषाश्रुर् दृषद्-अश्मना रहो जघास हैयङ्गवम् अन्तरं गतः
sañjāta-kopaḥ sphuritāruṇādharaṃ sandaśya dadbhir dadhi-mantha-bhājanam bhittvā mṛṣāśrur dṛṣad-aśmanā raho jaghāsa haiyaṅgavam antaraṃ gataḥ
His anger arisen, biting with his teeth his quivering reddish lip, he broke the curd-churning pot with a stone, and with feigned tears went inside in secret and ate the fresh butter.
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SB 10 9.7
उत्तार्य गोपी सुशृतं पयः पुनः प्रविश्य संदृश्य च दध्य्-अमत्रकम् भग्नं विलोक्य स्व-सुतस्य कर्म तज् जहास तं चापि न तत्र पश्यती
uttārya gopī suśṛtaṃ payaḥ punaḥ praviśya saṃdṛśya ca dadhy-amatrakam bhagnaṃ vilokya sva-sutasya karma taj jahāsa taṃ cāpi na tatra paśyatī
The cowherd woman, having taken down the well-boiled milk, entered again, and seeing the curd-pot, noticing it broken, laughed at that deed of her son — and she did not see him there either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.8
उलूखलाङ्घ्रेर् उपरि व्यवस्थितं मर्काय कामं ददतं शिचि स्थितम् हैयङ्गवं चौर्य-विशङ्कितेक्षणं निरीक्ष्य पश्चात् सुतम् आगमच् छनैः
ulūkhalāṅghrer upari vyavasthitaṃ markāya kāmaṃ dadataṃ śici sthitam haiyaṅgavaṃ caurya-viśaṅkitekṣaṇaṃ nirīkṣya paścāt sutam āgamac chanaiḥ
Seeing her son standing up on an overturned mortar, freely giving to a monkey the fresh butter that was in a hanging pot, his eyes darting in fear of (being caught in) theft, she came up behind him softly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.9
ताम् आत्त-यष्टिं प्रसमीक्ष्य सत्वरस् ततो ऽवरुह्यापससार भीतवत् अम्प्;गोप्य् अन्वधावन् न यम् आप योगिनां क्षमं प्रवेष्टुं तपसेरितं मनः
tām ātta-yaṣṭiṃ prasamīkṣya satvaras tato 'varuhyāpasasāra bhītavat gopy anvadhāvan na yam āpa yogināṃ kṣamaṃ praveṣṭuṃ tapaseritaṃ manaḥ
Seeing her with a stick raised, he quickly climbed down from there and fled as if afraid; the cowherd woman ran after him — him whom yogīs' minds, impelled by austerity and fit to enter (there), do not reach.
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SB 10 9.10
अन्वञ्चमाना जननी बृहच्-चलच्- छ्रोणी-भराक्रान्त-गतिः सुमध्यमा जवेन विस्रंसित-केश-बन्धन- च्युत-प्रसूनानुगतिः परामृशत्
anvañcamānā jananī bṛhac-calac- chroṇī-bharākrānta-gatiḥ sumadhyamā javena visraṃsita-keśa-bandhana- cyuta-prasūnānugatiḥ parāmṛśat
The mother, of lovely waist, running after him, her gait burdened by the weight of her large moving hips, her hair-knot loosened by the speed, the fallen flowers following her, caught hold of him.
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SB 10 9.11
कृतागसं तं प्ररुदन्तम् अक्षिणी कषन्तम् अञ्जन्-मषिणी स्व-पाणिना उद्वीक्षमाणं भय-विह्वलेक्षणं हस्ते गृहीत्वा भिषयन्त्य् अवागुरत्
kṛtāgasaṃ taṃ prarudantam akṣiṇī kaṣantam añjan-maṣiṇī sva-pāṇinā udvīkṣamāṇaṃ bhaya-vihvalekṣaṇaṃ haste gṛhītvā bhiṣayanty avāgurat
He had done wrong, and was weeping and rubbing his eyes with his hand, smearing the black eye-cosmetic, looking up with eyes distraught with fear; taking him by the hand, she scolded him to frighten him.
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SB 10 9.12
त्यक्त्वा यष्टिं सुतं भीतं विज्ञायार्भक-वत्सला इयेष किल तं बद्धुं दाम्नातद्-वीर्य-कोविदा
tyaktvā yaṣṭiṃ sutaṃ bhītaṃ vijñāyārbhaka-vatsalā iyeṣa kila taṃ baddhuṃ dāmnātad-vīrya-kovidā
Throwing away the stick, and understanding that her son was frightened, she who was fond of the child wished, indeed, to bind him with a rope, not knowing his power.
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SB 10 9.13
न चान्तर् न बहिर् यस्य न पूर्वं नापि चापरम् पूर्वापरं बहिश् चान्तर् जगतो यो जगच् च यः
na cāntar na bahir yasya na pūrvaṃ nāpi cāparam pūrvāparaṃ bahiś cāntar jagato yo jagac ca yaḥ
He who has no inside and no outside, no before nor after either — who is himself the before and after, the outside and the inside of the world, and who is the world itself —
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SB 10 9.14
तं मत्वात्मजम् अव्यक्तं मर्त्य-लिङ्गम् अधोक्षजम् गोपिकोलूखले दाम्ना बबन्ध प्राकृतं यथा
taṃ matvātmajam avyaktaṃ martya-liṅgam adhokṣajam gopikolūkhale dāmnā babandha prākṛtaṃ yathā
Thinking him, the unmanifest, the one beyond sense-perception who bore the marks of a mortal, to be her own son, the cowherd woman bound him to the mortar with a rope, as one would an ordinary (child).
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SB 10 9.15
तद् दाम बध्यमानस्य स्वार्भकस्य कृतागसः द्व्य्-अङ्गुलोनम् अभूत् तेन सन्दधे ऽन्यच् च गोपिका
tad dāma badhyamānasya svārbhakasya kṛtāgasaḥ dvy-aṅgulonam abhūt tena sandadhe 'nyac ca gopikā
That rope, as her own boy who had done wrong was being bound, fell short by two fingers' breadth; so the cowherd woman joined another to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.16
यदासीत् तद् अपि न्यूनं तेनान्यद् अपि सन्दधे तद् अपि द्व्य्-अङ्गुलं न्यूनं यद् यद् आदत्त बन्धनम्
yadāsīt tad api nyūnaṃ tenānyad api sandadhe tad api dvy-aṅgulaṃ nyūnaṃ yad yad ādatta bandhanam
When that too was too short, she joined yet another to it; that too was short by two fingers — whatever binding she took up (was the same).
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SB 10 9.17
एवं स्व-गेह-दामानि यशोदा सन्दधत्य् अपि गोपीनां सुस्मयन्तीनां स्मयन्ती विस्मिताभवत्
evaṃ sva-geha-dāmāni yaśodā sandadhaty api gopīnāṃ susmayantīnāṃ smayantī vismitābhavat
Thus Yaśodā went on joining together all the ropes in her house, and while the cowherd women laughed heartily, she too smiled, yet was amazed.
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SB 10 9.18
स्व-मातुः स्विन्न-गात्राया विस्रस्त-कबर-स्रजः दृष्ट्वा परिश्रमं कृष्णः कृपयासीत् स्व-बन्धने
sva-mātuḥ svinna-gātrāyā visrasta-kabara-srajaḥ dṛṣṭvā pariśramaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ kṛpayāsīt sva-bandhane
Seeing the exhaustion of his own mother, whose body was sweating and whose braid's garland had slipped loose, Kṛṣṇa out of compassion allowed himself to be bound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.19
एवं सन्दर्शिता ह्य् अङ्ग हरिणा भृत्य-वश्यता स्व-वशेनापि कृष्णेन यस्येदं सेश्वरं वशे
evaṃ sandarśitā hy aṅga hariṇā bhṛtya-vaśyatā sva-vaśenāpi kṛṣṇena yasyedaṃ seśvaraṃ vaśe
Thus, dear one, Hari displayed his submission to his devotees — Kṛṣṇa, who is under his own control alone, in whose control is this (world) together with its controllers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.20
नेमं विरिञ्चो न भवो न श्रीर् अप्य् अङ्ग-संश्रया प्रसादं लेभिरे गोपी यत् तत् प्राप विमुक्तिदात्
nemaṃ viriñco na bhavo na śrīr apy aṅga-saṃśrayā prasādaṃ lebhire gopī yat tat prāpa vimuktidāt
Neither Brahmā, nor Śiva, nor even Śrī who rests upon his body, obtained from the giver of liberation that favour which the cowherd woman attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 10 9.21
नायं सुखापो भगवान् देहिनां गोपिका-सुतः ज्ञानिनां चात्म-भूतानां यथा भक्तिमताम् इह
nāyaṃ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṃ gopikā-sutaḥ jñānināṃ cātma-bhūtānāṃ yathā bhaktimatām iha
This Lord, the son of the cowherd woman, is not easily attained by embodied beings, nor by knowers, nor by those (who take themselves) to be the self, as he is here by those possessed of devotion.
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SB 10 9.22
कृष्णस् तु गृह-कृत्येषु व्यग्रायां मातरि प्रभुः अद्राक्षीद् अर्जुनौ पूर्वं गुह्यकौ धनदात्मजौ
kṛṣṇas tu gṛha-kṛtyeṣu vyagrāyāṃ mātari prabhuḥ adrākṣīd arjunau pūrvaṃ guhyakau dhanadātmajau
But while his mother was busy with household tasks, the master Kṛṣṇa saw two arjuna trees which had formerly been the two Guhyakas, sons of the giver of wealth (Kubera),
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SB 10 9.23
पुरा नारद-शापेन वृक्षतां प्रापितौ मदात् नलकूवर-मणिग्रीवाव् इति ख्यातौ श्रियान्वितौ
purā nārada-śāpena vṛkṣatāṃ prāpitau madāt nalakūvara-maṇigrīvāv iti khyātau śriyānvitau
who long ago, through Nārada's curse, were made to become trees on account of their arrogance — the two known as Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, endowed with splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition