Verse Text
viṣādaḥ –
vadana-kamalaṁ putrasyāhaṁ nimīlati śaiśave
nava-taruṇimārambhonmṛṣṭaṁ na ramyam alokayam |
abhinava-vadhū-yuktaṁ cāmuṁ na harmyam aveśayaṁ
śirasi kuliśaṁ hanta kṣiptaṁ śvaphalka-sutena me ||66||
Translation
Viṣāda (remorse): I have not seen the attractive, shining face of my son in His period of new youth (late kaiśora period), after His childhood. I have not performed the gṛha-praveśa of my son when He got married. Oh! Akrūra has struck my head with a thunderbolt.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Yaśodā speaks on hearing of Kṛṣṇa’s married life in Dvārakā.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
When Akrūra was present in Vṛndāvana and was narrating the activities of Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā, Mother Yaśodā was informed that Kṛṣṇa had married so many queens and was very busy there in His householder affairs. Hearing this, Mother Yaśodā lamented how unfortunate she was that she could not get her son married just after He passed His kaiśora age and that she therefore could not receive both her son and daughter-in-law at her home. She exclaimed, “My dear Akrūra, you are simply throwing thunderbolts on my head!” These are signs of lamentation on the part of Mother Yaśodā in separation from Kṛṣṇa.