Yashoda Krishna Quotes

Krishna owes this discovery to the milkmaids of Gokul and Vrinda-vana. They collectively raised Krishna as their own child, showered him with affection, indulged his pranks, suffered his mischief, admonished him when he crossed the line and loved him as a mother would, even though none of them had given birth to him. This is parental love (vatsalya bhava), embodied in Yashoda. Krishna and Yashoda

Another story of Krishna as a child involves his mother, Yashoda. When told that her son has been seen eating dirt, she reprimands him, demanding to know why he has done so. Krishna denies the charge and Yashoda asks him to open his mouth to prove it. Krishna does so and inside his mouth Yashoda sees the stars, the planets, and the entire universe. All life within the cosmos, the divine and the mundane is contained within his mouth. No doubt Yashoda’s illusions were dissolved as she experienced this wonder.

Take the baby from Devaki’s womb and place him in Rohini’s womb. He will be born as the son of Rohini and be called by the name Balarama and you must be born from the womb of Yashoda, the wife of Nanda.” He also told Yogmaya that in the future, she would be worshipped as Goddess Durga in her other divine forms. Yogmaya went to earth and acted according to the Lord’s request.