"It is not only that he steals. O Yasoda, blissful on hearing the pastimes of your son, o famous one, he passes urine and stool (mehanadini) in the room cleaned for worship (vastau), thus making it contaminated (dharstyani). And he also pulls the women’s braids and saris, proposes marriage to them, and kicks them. You will also earn a lot of wealth through this son. Now he is stealing yogurt but when he grows he will steal others money and wives. He looks very innocent in front of you (supratikah)." Now the result of the gopis loving criticism is stated. Krsna showed fear in his eyes, from fear that Yasoda would beat him. His beautiful face was trembling. The gopis could not help but look at that charming face. All was explained to Yasoda (vyakhyata artha), who had become blissful on seeing his face splendid with many emotions, and with hearing and seeing his exploits. She smiled (prahasita mukha) and had no desire to scold him. "By my son’s disturbance, let them drown in bliss. And when these incidents have come to me, let those stories drown me in bliss." This sense should be supplied though unwritten here.

Seeing the child in fear, they summarized the acts and told another incident for laughter’s sake. He is expert at stealing. He does other naughty acts. He pulls the upper cloth of some elderly, laughing women relatives of the gopīs and orders them around like women of his own house. Moreover he urinates in their houses. They cannot constantly clean up the mess. Please come and see this. See, it is he who has done this and not anyone else. They all speak. Now he is sitting quietly. Having described the pastimes filled with prema, Śukadeva describes Yaśodā’s prema. The result of their scolding him with prema and joking is described. He had fearful eyes. Having heard all the complaints, but being confident, she smiled very slightly (prahasita-mukhī) because of the fickle activities of her son and the amusing accusations of the gopīs. She could not scold him. Instead she said with affection, “O child! Why do you do such things to these people?” Having verified what he did, they had come here to scold him. Understanding that his mother was lax, he would come again to our houses and perform pranks. He could not be restricted except by his mother. jagaj-jana-mala-dhvaṁsi-śravaṇa-smṛti-kīrtanām mala-mūtrādi-rahitāḥ puṇyaślokā iti smrṭāḥ The Lord is without urine and stool. Glorifying him, remembering him and hearing about him destroys the impurities of all people. tvak-śmaśru-roma-nakha-keśa-pinaddham antar māṁsāsthi-rakta-kṛmi-viṭ-kapha-pitta-vātam jīvac-chavaṁ bhajati kānta-matir vimūḍhā yā te padābja-makarandam ajighratī strī A woman who fails to relish the fragrance of the honey of your lotus feet becomes totally befooled, and thus she accepts as her husband or lover a living corpse covered with skin, whiskers, nails, head-hair and body-hair and filled with flesh, bones, blood, parasites, feces, mucus, bile and air. S B 10.60.45 According to the words of Rukmiṇī, though it is not possible for the Lord to have urine and stool, for the pleasure of infant pastimes illusory urine and stool were produced. The word uśati comes from the root vaś, meaning to shine. Thus the word means “pleasant.”

They give an example. The word evam connects this verse with the previous one. He urinates and does other despicable acts such as spitting and passing stool. O pure woman (uśati)! Such a son is not suitable for you. This is a joke among elder women. jagaj-jana-mala-dhvaṁsi-śravaṇa-smṛti-kīrtanām mala-mūtrādi-rahitāḥ puṇyaślokā iti smrṭāḥ The Lord is without urine and stool. Glorifying him, remembering him and hearing about him destroys the impurities of all people. Even exalted persons do not have urine and stool. How can the pinnacle of the pure urinate? Yet it is said atha kṛṣṇaś ca rāmaś ca kṛta-śaucau parantapa: the two purified themselves to be without fault. (SB 10.43.1) It is also said: tvak-śmaśru-roma-nakha-keśa-pinaddham antar māṁsāsthi-rakta-kṛmi-viṭ-kapha-pitta-vātam jīvac-chavaṁ bhajati kānta-matir vimūḍhā yā te padābja-makarandam ajighratī strī A woman who fails to relish the fragrance of the honey of your lotus feet becomes totally befooled, and thus she accepts as her husband or lover a living corpse covered with skin, whiskers, nails, head-hair and body-hair and filled with flesh, bones, blood, parasites, feces, mucus, bile and air. S B 10.60.45 Rukmiṇī is also without such impurities. That is true. He made the monkeys and other animals urinate. Or he did this to give joy to his devotees, by showing his fickle childhood pastimes, though by his very nature he has no such activities. He has nothing disgusting like urine or stool. Like his form and name, his pastimes are extraordinary, full of eternity, knowledge and bliss. Having explained in this way (ittham), they looked at his face with its frightened eyes. The goal was to scold him. Understanding the purpose of his appearance or the success of her birth (arthā), or having a son with such impudent actions, she just smiled, because of joy from his fickle actions, or to sympathize with the women who enjoyed his antics, and did not desire to scold him. The truth is this. He had a desire to be scolded by his mother, to derive special happiness from his mother’s affection. She did not fulfil that desire out of affection for her son.