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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

gopy ādade tvayi kṛtāgasi dāma tāvad yā te daśāśru-kalilāñjana-sambhramākṣam vaktraṁ ninīya bhaya-bhāvanayā sthitasya sā māṁ vimohayati bhīr api yad bibheti

[SB 1.8.31]

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"My dear Kṛṣṇa, Yaśodā took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes …

Prabhupāda:

gopy ādade tvayi kṛtāgasi dāma tāvad yā te daśāśru-kalilāñjana-sambhramākṣam vaktraṁ ninīya bhaya-bhāvanayā sthitasya sā māṁ vimohayati bhīr api yad bibheti

[SB 1.8.31]

So this is the description of Kṛṣṇa's becoming Dāmodara. Kṛṣṇa's another name is Dāmodara. The Dāmodara temple, Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, is …

Śrīmatī Kuntī is also motherly. So how Kṛṣṇa was afraid of His mother, Yaśodā, that is described here. Gopyā: "By …

So here it is said that kṛtāgasi. What is that? Kṛtāgasi? So Kṛṣṇa was offender before His mother. The mother, …

Then gopy ādade kṛtāgasi tvam: "Because You were offender, therefore he [she] wanted to bind You." Dāma. Dāma means rope. …

So Kuntīdevī is remembering that scene, and she became astonished. Why? Now, bhīr api yad bibheti. The... There is one …

Devotee (1): Chopper.

Prabhupāda: Chopper?

Devotee (2): Sword?

Prabhupāda: Yes. And the..., she's standing, bhīḥ, bhīr api. Bhīḥ means personified, personified fearfulness. So those who are criminals, they …

So these things are going on in the name of worshiping God. But that is not God worship. That is …

So this universe, material world, is just like a durgā. You cannot escape. Conditioned souls, you cannot escape. It is …

So that fearful agent, Durgā, is also fearful of Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa's position. Because she is servant. Sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-sādhana-śaktir ekā …