Yaśodā’s love remained unrestricted in spite of seeing Kṛṣṇa’s powers and hearing about the Lord’s powers from the scriptures such as the three Vedas which glorify Kṛṣṇa as the yajña puruṣa (Lord Viṣṇu, the personal beneficiary of all sacrifices). Kṛṣṇa is glorified as the puruṣa (Supreme Lord) in the Sāṅkhya śāstras; the Paramātmā in the Yoga-sūtras, and as Bhagavān in the Pañcarātra writings (Sātvata).

As the fruitive workers think of the Lord as the yajña puruṣa according to the Vedas, similarly, Yaśodā thought of the Lord has her son due to her vātsalya prema. Just as Kṛṣṇa gives results to the karmīs who worship Him, He reciprocated with Yaśodā’s maternal affection. But Kṛṣṇa could not respond fully to the amount of affection offered by Yaśodā.

One should take this verse as a paribhāsa sūtra of Kṛṣṇa-līlā. As a lamp sits in one place in a dark room and lights up the whole room, so that statement in the scriptures which can reveal the meaning of all scriptures or regulate the meaning of the scriptures is called a paribhāsa-sūtra. This verse stands as a regulator for all of the pastimes related to aiśvarya (displays of power and opulence) shown during Kṛṣṇa’s kaumāra and kaiśora (childhood and youthful) ages in Mathurā, Kurukṣetra and elsewhere.