Krishna replied, “Then I must swallow that demon before it can eat Me”. Krishna would have been delighted that Azhvars and Acharyas felt so close to Him, that they teased Him in this manner. To punish Krishna, Yasoda tied Him to a wooden mortar used to pound grains. Once Krishna had used a broken mortar to climb up to reach a pot of butter. So Krishna was tied to the mortar.

Source: The Hindu January 13, 2022 18:44 UTC