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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 8: Verses 31-41
He commits nuisance in our tidy houses and does other such mischievous acts. And having accomplished his work through pilfering devices, he sits (by your side) as a very innocent boy." Yasoda, to whom the matter was thus reported at length by the (cowherd) women-who watched the charming countenance (of Sri Krsna) gazing with terrified eyes-did not feel inclined (even) to rebuke her son and stood with a laughing face. One day, while at play, the cowherd boys headed by Balarama complained to Yasoda (the mother of Sri Krsna), that Krsna had eaten earth. Taking Sri Krsna by the hand and chiding him, the said Yasoda, who sought his welfare and found that His eyes cast a bewildered look, spoke to Him (as follows):- "Why did you eat earth surreptitiously, 0 unruly child ? Indeed these boys, your playmates, as well as this elder brother of yours say so." Sri Krsna replied : I never ate earth, O mother ! They are all liars. If (it is urged) they are truthful, then examine my mouth with your own eyes (in order to verify their veracity). If so, then open your mouth I" Thus urged, the aforesaid Lord Sri Hari, whose lordship is (ever) unobstructed and who had in sport assumed the form of a human child, opened His mouth. There (inside the Lord's mouth) she beheld the (whole) universe consisting of the moving and the stationary, the atmosphere, the (four) quarters, the terrestrial globe with its mountains, principal divisions and oceans, and including the wind (causing the motion of the planets), the fire of lightning, the moon as well as the stars, heaven, water, fire, the air as well as the sky, the deities presiding over the lndriyas (who are modifications of the Sattvika Ahankara), the mind, the Indriyas (modifications of the Rajasika Ego), the objects of senses (modifications of the Tamasika Ego), and the three Gunas. Synchronously observing in the (infantile) body of her Son, (nay,) in His wide open mouth, this wonderful universe-consisting of a variety of organisms (moving as well as immobile) owing their diversity to the Jiva, Kala (the factor disturbing the equilibrium of the Gunas), Nature (the cause of the modification of the three Gunas), Karma (the cause of birth), the tendency to action (the seed of Karma)-as well as Vraja including herself (and her Son), Yasoda was seized with dismay. (She thought within herself,) "Is this a dream or illusion set up by the Lord, or alas ! is it delusion of my mind or some inborn characteristic divine glory of this very infant of mine? Therefore, I bow down to that (ultimate) Goal (viz., Brahma), which is most difficult to comprehend, (nay,) which cannot be easily and correctly guessed through the intellect, mind, actions and words, which is the ground of this universe, and by means of which (as presiding over the senses) and because of which it is perceived.
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