The Vāhinīs and discourses of Bhagavān Śrī Sathya Sāī Bābā

Poem 418

Poem 418

గుటగుట చనుబాలు గ్రోలుచుపూతన బట్టి చంపు వింతను చూడనైతిఎన్ని తాళ్లను కట్టినా పట్టనినీ బోజ్జను ముద్దాడనైతిప్రసవ వేదన పడుట నా వంతునీదు ముచ్చటల్ పడుట యశోద వంతుబిడ్డలుండియు నేనొక గొడ్డురాలనైతిపుత్రుని కనకుండినను పుత్రవతి యయ్యె యశోద.

In plain words

Gulping and gulping, You drank the milk of the breast, and I could not see the wonder of You seizing Pūtanā and slaying her; however many ropes were tied round it, it could not be bound, that belly of Yours, and I could not kiss it. The pangs of giving birth were my portion; the delight of Your sweet ways was Yaśodā's portion. Though I had children, I became as a barren woman; though she never bore a son, Yaśodā became the mother of a son.