Yashoda Binds Krishna’s Hands: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript, 1640–50

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Yashoda Binds Krishna’s Hands: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana Manuscript, 1640–50, India (Gujarat), Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, 10 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, In a futile attempt to keep him from stealing butter, Krishna’s foster mother, Yashoda, ties the god to a wooden mortar. Due to Krishna’s miraculous nature, she was originally thwarted, as the rope was always too short no matter how much of it was supplied by the Gopis (cowherdesses); in the end, Krishna took pity and allowed himself to be bound under the flowering arjuna trees

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