तद् दाम बध्यमानस्य स्वार्भकस्य कृतागस: । द्व्यङ्गुलोनमभूत्तेन सन्दधेऽन्यच्च गोपिका ॥ १५ ॥
tad dāma badhyamānasya svārbhakasya kṛtāgasaḥ dvy-aṅgulonam abhūt tena sandadhe ’nyac ca gopikā
- tat dāma
- that binding rope
- badhyamānasya
- who was being bound by mother Yaśodā
- sva-arbhakasya
- of her own son
- kṛta-āgasaḥ
- who was an offender
- dvi-aṅgula
- by a measurement of two fingers
- ūnam
- short
- abhūt
- became
- tena
- with that rope
- sandadhe
- joined
- anyat ca
- another rope
- gopikā
- mother Yaśodā
When mother Yaśodā was trying to bind the offending child, she saw that the binding rope was short by a distance the width of two fingers. Thus she brought another rope to join to it.