Verse Text
āpado, yathā –
paśūn api kṛtāṣjalir namati māntrikā ity alaṁ
tarūn api cikitsakā iti viṣauṣadhaṁ pṛcchati |
hradaṁ bhujaga-bhairavaṁ hari hari praviṣṭe harau
vrajendra-gṛhiṇī muhur bhrama-mayīm avasthāṁ gatā ||82||
Translation
Insanity arising from calamity: What a calamity! When Kṛṣṇa entered the lake of Kāliya, Yaśodā became insane, and thinking the animals were knowers of mantras, folded her hands and began offering them respects. Thinking the trees were doctors, she asked them for medicine to counteract the poison.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
From the animals Yaśodā asked with folded hands about the destruction of the snake’s strength. From the trees she asked about medicine for destroying the snake’s poison.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that when Kṛṣṇa entered the poisonous waters of the Yamunā, Śrīmatī Yaśodā-devī went insane. Instead of searching for curative herbs, she began to speak to the trees as if they were snake chanters. With folded hands she began to bow down to the trees, asking them, “What is the medicinal herb which can check Kṛṣṇa’s dying from this poisonous water?” This is an instance of insanity caused by some great danger.