Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
इति प्रणयबद्धाभिर्गोपीभि: कृतरक्षणम् ।
पाययित्वा स्तनं माता सन्न्यवेशयदात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
iti praṇaya-baddhābhir
gopībhiḥ kṛta-rakṣaṇam
pāyayitvā stanaṁ mātā
sannyaveśayad ātmajam
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
iti
—
in this way
;
praṇaya
—
baddhābhiḥ — who were bound with maternal affection
;
gopībhiḥ
—
by the elderly gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā
;
kṛta
—
rakṣaṇam — all measures were taken to protect the child
;
pāyayitvā
—
and after that, feeding the child
;
stanam
—
the nipple
;
mātā
—
mother Yaśodā
;
sannyaveśayat
—
made to lie down on the bed
;
ātmajam
—
her son .
Translation
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: All the gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā, were bound by maternal affection. After they thus chanted mantras to protect the child, mother Yaśodā gave the child the nipple of her breast to suck and then got Him to lie down on His bed.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: All the gopīs, headed by mother Yaśodā, were bound by maternal affection. After they thus chanted mantras to protect the child, mother Yaśodā gave the child the nipple of her breast to suck and then got Him to lie down on His bed.
KB 10.6.30
The elder gopīs of Vṛndāvana were so absorbed in affection for Kṛṣṇa that they wanted to save Him, although there was no need to, for He had already protected Himself. They could not understand that Kṛṣṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead playing as a child. After performing the formalities to protect the child, Mother Yaśodā took Kṛṣṇa and let Him suck her breast. When the child was protected by viṣṇu-mantra, Mother Yaśodā felt that He was safe.
Purport
When a baby drinks milk from the breast of his mother, this is a good sign of health. So the elderly
gopīs
were not satisfied with chanting
mantras
to give protection to Kṛṣṇa; they also tested whether their child’s health was in order. When the child sucked the breast, this confirmed that He was healthy, and when the
gopīs
were fully satisfied, they had the child lie down on His bed.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Thus the gopis completed the rituals for protection, bound to Yasoda’s house by affection. Yasoda then made Krsna drink milk from her breast. By his drinking she could understand that he was in good health. Then she put him to sleep.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
The gopīs protected Kṛṣṇa because of being bound by great affection. They always remained in Yaśodā’s house as nurses because of that affection. They engaged in various activities there because of great eagerness for the Lord. Yaśodā showed her natural affection as a mother by giving her breast. This is also a customary way of seeing if the child is in good health.