BRS 3.4.6

This verse describes how Yaśodā’s motherly affection could not be inhibited by hearing about Kṛṣṇa’s powers. The Vedas glorify Him as the Lord of sacrifice. The Upaniṣads glorify Him as Brahman. Sāṅkhya philosophy calls Him the Puruṣa. Yoga calls Him the Paramātmā. The Paṣcarātra scriptures call Him Bhagavān. His powers are glorified by all of these. But Yaśodā thought of Him as her son. This extraordinary son, who is glorified as the source of sacrifice by the karmīs, has been given to us by Nārāyaṇa, our family deity, because He has been satisfied with our worship and vows. Garga had said that their son was similar to Nārāyaṇa. This statement, as well as killing demons like Pūtana who could not otherwise be killed, should be a cause of their faith that He was Nārāyaṇa. “But actually He is my son, and not seeing me, His mother, He becomes disturbed. Being separated from Him for a moment, I become disturbed. Our experience as mother and father are the proof that He is only our son.” This is how she comprehended the matter in her mind. As the karmīs think of Him as the lord of sacrifice through the Vedas, she thinks of Kṛṣṇa as her son out of vātsalya-prema. The Lord, being pleased with the karmīs, is their benefactor and gives them and others results according to their desires. But Kṛṣṇa is unable to give proper results to Yaśodā according to her vātsalya-prema. He becomes a debtor, He becomes favored, and He becomes controlled. He is the Lord but is ruled by Yaśodā. Though he is satisfied with His own bliss, He cries for the nectar of her breast milk.