Gopalacampu 1.8.104

1.8.104

kṛṣṇas tu tad asahamānas tasya hastaṃ stambhayāmāsa | [79] tato vraja-rājaḥ punar vihasya nija-vatsalatayātīva sadayaṃ tadīya-mātur api hṛdayam adhiyan-putra, tava mātā yady evaṃ bhaviṣyati, tadā kiṃ kariṣyasi? ity anadhātor viruddhārthaṃ prayujya sa-parihāsam āha sma |

Unable to bear this, Kṛṣṇa held back his father's hand. [79] Then the king of Vraja laughed again, and out of his deep fatherly affection, very tenderly perceiving the state of the boy's mother's heart as well, said teasingly, employing an ominous phrase without any literal truth: "Son, if your mother is no more, what will you do then?"