Listen, Kanha, Balram is a slanderer and deceitful right from birth. Surdas says that Yashoda swears by her cattle that she is indeed his mother and he is her son.

In this sweet verse by Surdas, Mother Yashoda lovingly comforts a sulking child Krishna. Krishna had come home upset because his elder brother Balarama teased him, claiming Krishna was adopted. Yashoda gently reassures him, saying, Listen my little Kanha, do not believe Balarama. He has been mischievous and deceitful since birth. To put all his doubts to rest, she takes an oath by the sacred cows, which she holds most dear, and declares with deep motherly affection: I swear that I am your true mother, and you are my beloved son. It is a tender portrait of pure maternal love soothing a child's innocent heart.