It was actually Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s maidservant, His yogamāyā potency, who had understood His mind and accomplished the task of binding Him. This made Mother Yaśodā feel that all those astonishing activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa were an illusion. When that rope was finally tied tightly around Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s waist, Mother Yaśodā knotted it to another long rope, which she then tied around the middle of the grinding mortar.

She had taught her son Kṛṣṇa a lesson by tying Him up and thus showed Him how unmoved she could be by His stubbornness. To protect Him, she seated the other little boys around Him and, happily went inside with the giggling gopīs to complete her household chores.