Gopalacampu 1.8.68

1.8.68

[39] tato yāvad eva yādava-deva-kulajasya tasya haṭhavattāyāṃ prayatnādhīr āsīt, tāvat tad-āgraho' pi graha-nigṛhīta ivābhūt | mātṛ-vaikalyena kalyamāna-manastve tu prathama-ḍorikā-dvaya-mātra-sambaddha-gātratayā baddha eva so' yam abudhyata | anyāni tu sarvāṇi dāmāni tasminn urvaritāny evādṛśyanta | [40] yogamāyā-nāminī tat-karma-kāriṇī hi tan-mano' nusāriṇī, yayā tan niṣpādya mātaraṃ praty, api bhrama evāyam iti pratyayaḥ pratyaham āsādyata | [41] atha labdha-sandhaṃ taṃ bandhaṃ dīrghatamayānyayā rajjvābadhya ca tayā tad-udūkhala-madhyaṃ babandha | [42] baddhvā ca mātā śikṣāṃ ghaṭayantī nija-kaṭhinatām eva tasmin haṭhini prakaṭayantī tābhir vihasantībhiḥ saha sa-narma-geha-karmaṇe gacchantī, tat-paripālanāya bālakān paritaḥ sthāpitavatī
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[39] Then, as long as that scion of the Yādava dynasty applied his mind to obstinacy, his insistence remained as if seized by an unyielding planet. But when his mind softened out of compassion for his mother's distress, he considered himself bound merely by the first two pieces of string tied around his body. All the other ropes were seen to be simply left over. [40] For she who carries out his actions is named Yogamāyā, who follows his mind; having accomplished that, she daily produced the conviction in his mother that this was surely just an illusion. [41] Then, having secured that fastened bond with another exceedingly long rope, she tied him to the middle of the mortar with it. [42] Having tied him up, the mother, enforcing discipline and displaying her own firmness toward that stubborn child, went off to joking household chores together with the laughing women, having stationed the boys all around to watch over him.