In plain words
But because of your vātsalya for your son, your butter is hard,’ He said. For there is vātsalya for the son. The Gopīs have no vātsalya of any kind. Prema is sweet. Their sweet hearts are sacred, most delicious, and soft. One day there was a bit of a quarrel between Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa, and Balarāma brought along some cowherd boys and made some complaints. ‘Mother! What, is Kṛṣṇa as hungry as all that? He eats at home, He eats outside. Wherever you look, food, food. He just keeps on eating. But why must He eat earth? Today He ate earth,’ he said. Yaśodā was greatly troubled. She grew angry. She caught Him by the ear. ‘What, Kṛṣṇa, what is the reason for eating earth? If You asked me, could I not give You all the food You want! Do You not eat all the butter You want in the Gopīs' houses? Even after eating a meal at home, what is the inner meaning of Your eating earth?’ she asked. Then, poor child, He answers. Mother! ‘Mother, am I a baby, to eat earth? Am I hungry? Am I mad?…’ I am not a little child; I am not mad. That is, He was showing in His very words that He was great. A boy of five years. But He made the truth plain: ‘I am not a little child.’ ‘I am not mad. I am great’: so He let it be known in a hidden way. Teaching many inner meanings of this kind, He went on proclaiming sacred ideas to the world at a young age. No one can grasp the inner meanings of God, whether Kṛṣṇa's līlās or Kṛṣṇa's deeds. There are some meanings outwardly and some meanings inwardly. People who grasp inner meanings of this kind have become scarce today. That is exactly why people are tormented by so many doubts. Even though she saw it with her own eyes, doubts came to Mother Yaśodā. Doubts, to the mother herself! When He opened His mouth, she saw many things. All the worlds appeared. She grows afraid.
‘Is it a dream, is it Viṣṇu's Māyā, is it the working of some other will, or is it real? I stand here unable to tell; am I Yaśodā Devī, or not?