CHAPTER 9; Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa Jeopardy Template

Supreme Lord

Yaśodā

Knowledge

Others

100

When Kṛṣṇa broke the butter pot and ran, Mother Yaśodā was able to trace Krishna by ______. (Text 8)
a) The sound of His ankle bells
b) The hints of Balarama
c) His butter smeared footprints
d) The fallen flowers from His garland

c) His butter smeared footprints

100

Mother Yaśodā wanted to collect the milk from the cows that ate flavorful grasses, make it into yogurt and churn it into butter personally because: (Texts 1-2)

To physically keep her body in good shape
she thought that child Kṛṣṇa was stealing butter from the neighborhood houses as He did not like the milk and yogurt ordinarily prepared
all the maidservants were engaged in other household affairs
Both b) and c)

Both b) and c)

100

The incident of Krishna’s breaking of the pot of yogurt and being bound by mother Yaśodā took place on ______. (Texts 1-2)
a) Janmastami
b) Name giving ceremony
c) Balaram jayanti
d) Deepavali day

d) Deepavali day

100

One should take advantage of the full description provided in Text 3 by thinking of mother Yaśodā in maternal affection for Kṛṣṇa: (Text 3)

To follow in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
To become like the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana
Both a) and b)
None of the above

To follow in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana

200

Kṛṣṇa cannot be measured but mother Yaśodā wanted to measure Him and bind Him on the platform of: (Texts 13-14)

motherly love and affection
Vedic knowledge
pure transcendental love
All the above

pure transcendental love

200

Which of the below is true about mother Yaśodā leaving child Kṛṣṇa to take care of the overflowing milk: (Text 5)

It is unjust as He was not fully satisfied with drinking the milk of her breast
It is just as everything was meant for Kṛṣṇa and He only guided her what to do first and what to do next
Depending on one’s reasoning, both a) and b)
Neither of the above

It is just as everything was meant for Kṛṣṇa and He only guided her what to do first and what to do next

200

The practice of persons like mother Yaśodā eager to remain Kṛṣṇa conscious twenty-four hours a day is: (Texts 1-2)

To engage in Vedic ritualistic ceremonies for fruitive results
To poeticize all of Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities and sang about these activities in poetical form, while engaging in household affairs
To engage in speculative knowledge about the Supreme Brahman
All the above

To poeticize all of Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities and sang about these activities in poetical form, while engaging in household affairs

200

Kṛṣṇa agreed to be bound by mother Yaśodā by: (Text 18)

His internal energy, yoga-māyā
His external energy, maha- māyā
Both His internal as well as external energies
None of the above

His internal energy, yoga-māyā

300

Kṛṣṇa exhibited His vibhūti (unlimited potency) to mother Yaśodā when she tried to bind Him: (Text 15)

One should simply be in transcendental love with Kṛṣṇa to control Him
One cannot control Kṛṣṇa even if He is willing to get controlled by others
When Kṛṣṇa is satisfied with one’s devotional service, He does everything Himself
None of the above

When Kṛṣṇa is satisfied with one’s devotional service, He does everything Himself

300

Lord Kṛṣṇa is accessible to mother Yaśodā because she: (Text 21)

a) is engaged in mental speculation on the Supreme

b) is striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances

c) is engaged in spontaneous loving service

d) All the above

c) is engaged in spontaneous loving service

300

Lord Kṛṣṇa is very easily available to ____________, but not to tapasvīs, yogīs, jñānīs and others in a bodily concept of life who are called ____________,as real bhakti begins with___________.(Text 21)

karmis; dāsya-bhaktas; śānta-rasa
devotees; dāsya-bhaktas; śānta-rasa
devotees; śānta-bhaktas; dāsya-rasa
devotees; śānta-bhaktas; sakhya-rasa

devotees; śānta-bhaktas; dāsya-rasa

300

The demigod sons of Kuvera, Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva, were cursed to become trees by Nārada Muni because: (Text 23)

they intentionally acted to be cursed to become trees
they did not care about anyone due to their pride and false prestige, born out of their extreme opulence and fortune
they desired to become trees in the courtyard of Nand Maharaj as Lord Kṛṣṇa was to appear there
None of the above

they did not care about anyone due to their pride and false prestige, born out of their extreme opulence and fortune

400

Which of the below is/are incorrect about Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental quality of bhṛtya-vaśyatā? (Texts 19-20)
- Everyone is bhṛtya (servant) but Kṛṣṇa has the quality of becoming subordinate to His bhṛtya
- It means that Kṛṣṇa is simply fully under the control of the bhṛtya (servant), against His will
- It means that Kṛṣṇa is under the control of the servant’s pure love
- None of the above

It means that Kṛṣṇa is simply fully under the control of the bhṛtya (servant), against His will

400

Which of the below is/are incorrect about mother Yaśodā? (Text 20)

She naturally acts in an exalted position of pure transcendental love
She is a nitya-siddha devotee, an expansion of Kṛṣṇa’s hlādinī potency
She is a sādhana-siddha devotee of the Lord
None of the above

She is a sādhana-siddha devotee of the Lord

400

The sādhana-siddhas also can easily attain Kṛṣṇa without difficulty by: (Text 21)

following in the footsteps of Kṛṣṇa’s nitya-siddha associates
trying to imitate the nitya-siddha associates of Kṛṣṇa
directly approaching Him, without anyone’s assistance
None of the above as it is totally impossible

following in the footsteps of Kṛṣṇa’s nitya-siddha associates

400

Which of the below is/are correct about the vimukti (special mukti)? (Text 20)

It simply means progression through different types of liberation, such as sāyujya, sālokya, sārūpya, sārṣṭi and sāmīpya
This is the liberation when one is situated on the platform of prema-bhakti
It is attained by merging into the impersonal Brahman
All of the above

This is the liberation when one is situated on the platform of prema-bhakti