rudantaá¹ sutam ÄdÄya
yaÅ›odÄ graha-Å›aá¹…kitÄ
kṛta-svastyayanaṠvipraiḥ
sÅ«ktaiḥ stanam apÄyayat

 rudantam - crying; sutam - son; ÄdÄya - picking up; yaÅ›odÄ - mother YaÅ›odÄ; graha-Å›aá¹…kitÄ - fearing some bad planet; ká¹›ta-svastyayanam - immediately performed a ritualistic ceremony for good fortune; vipraiḥ - by calling all the brÄhmaṇas; sÅ«ktaiḥ - by Vedic hymns; stanam - her breast; apÄyayat - made the child suck.


Text

Thinking that some bad planet had attacked Kṛṣṇa, mother YaÅ›odÄ picked up the crying child and allowed Him to suck her breast. Then she called for experienced brÄhmaṇas to chant Vedic hymns and perform an auspicious ritualistic ceremony.

Purport

Whenever there is some danger or some inauspicious occurrence, it is the custom of Vedic civilization to have qualified brÄhmaṇas immediately chant Vedic hymns to counteract it. Mother YaÅ›odÄ did this properly and allowed the baby to suck her breast.