Krishna had been smeared with saffron and sandalwood pulp by His mother, but due to crawling over muddy clay He would also smear His body with clay. As soon as He would come crawling to His mother, Yasoda would take Him on her lap and allow Him to suck her breast. When Krishna was sucking her breast, mother Yasoda would see small teeth coming in. Thus her joy would be intensified to see her child grow. 

Within the house ofNanda Maharaja, the cowherd ladies would enjoy seeing the pastimes of Baby Krishna. The baby would catch the end of a calf's tail, and the calf would drag Him here and there. When the ladies saw these pastimes, they stopped their household activities and laughed and enjoyed the fun. 

Mother Yasoda felt she was unable to protect Baby Krishna from calamities threatened by horned cows, fire, animals with claws and teeth such as monkeys, dogs, and cats, and by thorns, swords, and other weapons on the ground. Thus she was always in anxiety, and her household engagements were disturbed. At that time she was fully absorbed in the transcendental ecstasy known as the distress of maternal affection for Krishna.