पूतना लोकबालघ्नी राक्षसी रुधिराशना । जिघांसयापि हरये स्तनं दत्त्वाप सद्गतिम् ॥ ३५ ॥ किं पुन: श्रद्धया भक्त्या कृष्णाय परमात्मने । यच्छन् प्रियतमं किं नु रक्तास्तन्मातरो यथा ॥ ३६ ॥
pūtanā loka-bāla-ghnī rākṣasī rudhirāśanā jighāṁsayāpi haraye stanaṁ dattvāpa sad-gatim kiṁ punaḥ śraddhayā bhaktyā kṛṣṇāya paramātmane yacchan priyatamaṁ kiṁ nu raktās tan-mātaro yathā
- pūtanā
- Pūtanā, the professional Rākṣasī
- loka-bāla-ghnī
- who used to kill human children
- rākṣasī
- the she-demon
- rudhira-aśanā
- simply hankering for blood
- jighāṁsayā
- with the desire to kill Kṛṣṇa (being envious of Kṛṣṇa and having been instructed by Kaṁsa)
- api
- still
- haraye
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- stanam
- her breast
- dattvā
- after offering
- āpa
- obtained
- sat-gatim
- the most elevated position of spiritual existence
- kim
- what to speak of
- punaḥ
- again
- śraddhayā
- with faith
- bhaktyā
- by devotion
- kṛṣṇāya
- unto Lord Kṛṣṇa
- paramātmane
- who is the Supreme Person
- yacchan
- offering
- priya-tamam
- the dearmost
- kim
- something
- nu
- indeed
- raktāḥ
- those who have an affinity
- tat-mātaraḥ
- Kṛṣṇa’s affectionate mothers (offering the beloved child their breasts)
- yathā
- exactly like
Pūtanā was always hankering for the blood of human children, and with that desire she came to kill Kṛṣṇa; but because she offered her breast to the Lord, she attained the greatest achievement. What then is to be said of those who had natural devotion and affection for Kṛṣṇa as mothers and who offered Him their breasts to suck or offered something very dear, as a mother offers something to a child?