maiyā rī! maiṁ nahiṁ māṭī khāyo

English meaning

(Mother Yashodā has tied little Kṛishṇa up, and is getting ready to beat Him with a stick because Balarāma has told her that Kanhaiyā had been eating mud.) Shrī Kṛishṇa is pleading with Mother Yashodā, “Maiyā! I haven’t eaten any mud.” Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī remarks that the same Supreme Personality who can annihilate infinite cosmic eggs simply by raising His eyebrows, has been bound by Yashodā’s motherly love and is seen getting terrified of a little stick. Both His hands are tied in front of His stomach and tears are flowing incessantly from His eyes. He is pleading with Yashodā, “Maiyā! Please don’t beat Me. At least listen to what I have to say. You yourself have told Me so many times not to go in the midst of the cows under any condition, but Bhaiyā makes Me drive the cows everyday in spite of what you say. Today, I decided to obey you at any cost and refused to drive them. At this, Baladāū Bhaiyā gave Me a big threat that he would complain to you and have Me beaten. Another reason is that I beat Baladāū Bhaiyā in a game yesterday and he has been cross with Me ever since. Because of both these reasons, when he couldn’t do anything else, he came and lied to you that I have eaten mud.” Hearing these words, Mother Yashodā said, “Well, open Your mouth and show me!” Now, Shrī Kṛishṇa smiled a little (whenever Shrī Kṛishṇa wants to perform any līlā, He smiles in a serious manner), and opening His mouth, He manifested His awe-inspiring form by showing infinite cosmic eggs inside His mouth, with the help of His all-powerful divine potency, yogamāyā. Seeing this horrifying spectacle in the little innocent mouth of her Kanhaiyā, Mother Yashodā became very terrified. Jagadguru Shrī Kripālu Jī says, “Seeing Mother Yashodā in this condition, Shrī Kṛishṇa reassumed the form of a little child. In this way, He earned the title, ‘Dāmodara’.”

Complete whole-pad meaning transcribed from the supplied English edition. The source provides no separate line-by-line or word-by-word meaning.

Prem Ras Madira (English), Part 1 · PDF pages 281, 282 · printed pages 226, 227.

Meanings: Smt. Padmā Devī. English translation and transliteration: Sushrī Braj Parikarī Devī. Source details.