मुहूर्तमभवद् गोष्ठं रजसा तमसावृतम् । सुतं यशोदा नापश्यत्तस्मिन् न्यस्तवती यत: ॥ २२ ॥
muhūrtam abhavad goṣṭhaṁ rajasā tamasāvṛtam sutaṁ yaśodā nāpaśyat tasmin nyastavatī yataḥ
- muhūrtam
- for a moment
- abhavat
- there was
- goṣṭham
- throughout the whole pasturing ground
- rajasā
- by big particles of dust
- tamasā āvṛtam
- covered with darkness
- sutam
- her son
- yaśodā
- mother Yaśodā
- na apaśyat
- could not find
- tasmin
- in that very spot
- nyastavatī
- she had placed Him
- yataḥ
- where
For a moment, the whole pasturing ground was overcast with dense darkness from the dust storm, and mother Yaśodā was unable to find her son where she had placed Him.