Verse 24

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In plain words

The poet, to the Lord: O you whose hue is that of the towering waves, tell me truly: when the cowherd mother [Yaśōdā] saw the butter smeared on your fingers and your mouth and bound you tight to the mortar, were you not there sobbing, your crying never stopping, still thinking of the butter, while the neighbours watched?