Nanda and Yashoda raised Krishna as their own in Vrindavan, never knowing his true parentage. When Yashoda peered into the child's mouth to check for dirt, she saw the entire cosmos spinning within — and then Vishnu's maya made her forget.
Yashoda tried to bind the butter-thieving child Krishna to a heavy mortar, but each length of rope fell two fingers short no matter how much she added. Seeing her exhaustion and devotion, Krishna at last allowed the rope to hold — the supreme god bound by a mortal mother's love.
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