Chapter 6
श्रीशुक उवाच इति प्रणयबद्धाभिर्गोपीभि: कृतरक्षणम् । पाययित्वा स्तनं माता सन्न्यवेशयदात्मजम् ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca iti praṇaya-baddhābhir gopībhiḥ kṛta-rakṣaṇam pāyayitvā stanaṁ mātā sannyaveśayad ātmajam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”