रुदन्तं सुतमादाय यशोदा ग्रहशङ्किता । कृतस्वस्त्ययनं विप्रै: सूक्तै: स्तनमपाययत् ॥ ११ ॥
rudantaṁ sutam ādāya yaśodā graha-śaṅkitā kṛta-svastyayanaṁ vipraiḥ sūktaiḥ stanam apāyayat
- rudantam
- crying
- sutam
- son
- ādāya
- picking up
- yaśodā
- mother Yaśodā
- graha-śaṅkitā
- fearing some bad planet
- kṛta-svastyayanam
- immediately performed a ritualistic ceremony for good fortune
- vipraiḥ
- by calling all the brāhmaṇas
- sūktaiḥ
- by Vedic hymns
- stanam
- her breast
- apāyayat
- made the child suck
Thinking that some bad planet had attacked Kṛṣṇa, mother Yaśodā picked up the crying child and allowed Him to suck her breast. Then she called for experienced brāhmaṇas to chant Vedic hymns and perform an auspicious ritualistic ceremony.