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I think we should take our lunch here, since we are already hungry because the time is very late. Here the calves may drink water and go slowly here and there and eat the grass.
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- The Meeting of Nanda Mahārāja and Vasudeva
- My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.
- Killing the Demon Pūtanā
- While Nanda Mahārāja was returning to Gokula, the same fierce
- The Killing of the Demon Tṛṇāvarta
- For a moment, the whole pasturing ground was overcast with dense darkness from the dust storm, and mother Yaśodā was unable to find her son where she had placed Him.
- Because of the bits of sand thrown about by Tṛṇāvarta, people could not see themselves or anyone else, and thus they were illusioned and disturbed.
- When mother Yaśodā saw the whole universe within the mouth of her child, her heart began to throb, and in astonishment she wanted to close her restless eyes.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form Within His Mouth
- For many reasons, this beautiful son of yours sometimes appeared previously as the son of Vasudeva. Therefore, those who are learned sometimes call this child Vāsudeva.
- For this son of yours there are many forms and names according to His transcendental qualities and activities. These are known to me, but people in general do not understand them.
- Mother Yaśodā Binds Lord Kṛṣṇa
- Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
- Having thus spoken, Kṛṣṇa soon entered between the two arjuna trees, and thus the big mortar to which He was bound turned crosswise and stuck between them.
- O Lord, You exist before the creation. Therefore, who, trapped by a body of material qualities in this material world, can understand You?
- The Childhood Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
- When Nanda Mahārāja saw his own son bound with ropes to the wooden mortar and dragging it, he smiled and released Kṛṣṇa from His bonds.
- Right by the reservoir, the boys saw a gigantic body resembling a mountain peak broken and struck down by a thunderbolt. They were afraid even to see such a huge living being.
- That great-bodied demon was named Bakāsura. He had assumed the body of a duck with a very sharp beak. Having come there, he immediately swallowed Kṛṣṇa.
- The words of persons in full knowledge of Brahman never become untrue. It is very wonderful that whatever Gargamuni predicted we are now actually experiencing in all detail.
- The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
- The boys said: Dear friends, is this creature dead, or is it actually a living python with its mouth spread wide just to swallow us all? Kindly clear up this doubt.
- On the left and right, the two depressions resembling mountain caves are the corners of its mouth, and the high mountain peaks are its teeth.
- The hot fiery wind is the breath coming out of his mouth, which is giving off the bad smell of burning flesh because of all the dead bodies he has eaten.
- Brahmā Stealing the Boys and Calves
- I think we should take our lunch here, since we are already hungry because the time is very late. Here the calves may drink water and go slowly here and there and eat the grass.
- One day, five or six nights before the completion of the year, Kṛṣṇa, tending the calves, entered the forest along with Balarāma.
- Thereafter, while pasturing atop Govardhana Hill, the cows looked down to find some green grass and saw their calves pasturing near Vṛndāvana, not very far away.
- Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa
- Since you inquired from me, I have fully described to you those activities of Lord Hari that were performed in His fifth year but not celebrated until His sixth.
- The Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon
- Some of the cowherd boys, who were all great souls, would then massage His lotus feet, and others, qualified by being free of all sin, would expertly fan the Supreme Lord.
- My dear King, other boys would sing enchanting songs appropriate to the occasion, and their hearts would melt out of love for the Lord.
- In that Tālavana forest many fruits are falling from the trees, and many are already lying on the ground. But all the fruits are being guarded by the evil Dhenuka.
- In the Tāla forest are sweet-smelling fruits no one has ever tasted. Indeed, even now we can smell the fragrance of the tāla fruits spreading all about.
- Hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the ass demon Dhenuka ran forward to attack, making the earth and trees tremble.
- The other ass demons, close friends of Dhenukāsura, were enraged upon seeing his death, and thus they all immediately ran to attack Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma.
- Hearing of this magnificent feat of the two brothers, the demigods and other elevated living beings rained down flowers and offered music and prayers in glorification.
- Regaining their full consciousness, the cows and boys stood up out of the water and began to look at one another in great astonishment.
- Kṛṣṇa Chastises the Serpent Kāliya
- Now please tell us, Your maidservants, what we should do. Certainly anyone who faithfully executes Your order is automatically freed from all fear.
- If Garuḍa ever again enters this lake and eats the fish here, he will immediately lose his life. What I am saying is the truth.
- O Lord, we are Your true friends and devotees. Please protect us from this insurmountable fire of death. We can never give up Your lotus feet, which drive away all fear.
- Lord Balarāma Slays the Demon Pralamba
- They would sometimes jump around like frogs, sometimes play various jokes, sometimes ride in swings and sometimes imitate monarchs.
- The boys played various games involving carriers and passengers. In these games the winners would climb up on the backs of the losers, who would have to carry them.
- The sinful Pralamba having been killed, the demigods felt extremely happy, and they showered flower garlands upon Lord Balarāma and praised the excellence of His deed.
- The young gopīs took the greatest pleasure in seeing Govinda come home, since for them even a moment without His association seemed like a hundred ages.
- The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana
- Then the rainy season began, giving life and sustenance to all living beings. The sky began to rumble with thunder, and lightning flashed on the horizon.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of devotees, most fortunate Parīkṣit, you have inquired very nicely, for although constantly hearing the pastimes of the Lord, you are perceiving His activities to be newer and newer.
COMMENTARY
This chapter describes a forest picnic, Brahmā’s stealing the calves and cowherd boys, the bewilderment of Brahmā, and Kṛṣṇa’s manifesting identical boys and calves from His own form.
Kṛṣṇa, whose portion of a portion causes the creation of universes and the bewilderment of Brahmā, showed Himself as the source of delight to all Viṣṇu forms, the cause of bewilderment to Baladeva, and the source of all powers to Brahmā. When Śukadeva addresses Parīkṣit as the best of the devotees (bhāgavatottama), the king inquires, “How I am the best among Kṛṣṇa’s devotees?” Śukadeva answers, “Because you always taste the topics of Kṛṣṇa as fresh. Even if you have heard them before, you perceive the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa to be newer and newer.”
|| 10.13.2 ||
satām ayaṁ sāra-bhṛtāṁ nisargo yad-artha-vāṇī-śruti-cetasām api
prati-kṣaṇaṁ navya-vad acyutasya yat striyā viṭānām iva sādhu vārtā
TRANSLATION
Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Kṛṣṇa at every moment, as if such topics were newer and newer. They are attached to such topics, just as materialists are attached to topics of women and sex.
COMMENTARY
Śukadeva continues, “This is natural for those who are sāra bhṛtāṁ, who accept the topics of Kṛṣṇa as the essence and goal of their lives. Kṛṣṇa-katha is the center of their words, hearing and thoughts because at every moment they thirst to taste the astonishing names, form and qualities of Acyuta. As a lusty man is attached to topics about women and sex, the sāra bhṛtāṁ is intensely attracted to topics about Kṛṣṇa.”
|| 10.13.3 ||
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājann api guhyaṁ vadāmi te
brūyuḥ snigdhasya śiṣyasya guravo guhyam apy uta
TRANSLATION
O King, kindly hear me with great attention. Although the activities of the Supreme Lord are very confidential, no ordinary man being able to understand them, I shall speak about them to you, for spiritual masters explain to a submissive disciple even subject matters that are very confidential and difficult to understand.
|| 10.13.4 ||
tathāgha-vadanān mṛtyo rakṣitvā vatsa-pālakān
sarit-pulinam ānīya bhagavān idam abravīt
TRANSLATION
Then, after saving the boys and calves from the mouth of Aghāsura, who was death personified, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, brought them all to the bank of the river and spoke the following words.
|| 10.13.5 ||
aho ’tiramyaṁ pulinaṁ vayasyāḥ sva-keli-sampan mṛdulāccha-bālukam
sphuṭat-saro-gandha-hṛtāli-patrika-dhvani-pratidhvāna-lasad-drumākulam
TRANSLATION
My dear friends, just see how this riverbank is extremely beautiful because of its pleasing atmosphere. And just see how the blooming lotuses are attracting bees and birds by their aroma. The humming and chirping of the bees and birds is echoing throughout the beautiful trees in the forest. Also, here the sands are clean and soft. Therefore, this must be considered the best place for our sporting and pastimes.
COMMENTARY
Here Śrī Kṛṣṇa describes a most suitable place for a picnic. The riverbank was wide enough to accommodate hundreds of cowherd boys. It had soft, clean sand, perfect for sitting and eating. The Yamunā was full of blossoming lotuses, whose sweet fragrance attracted bees and birds, whose humming and chirping echoed in the forest. The thickly foliated trees provided soothing shade from the scorching sun.
|| 10.13.6 ||
atra bhoktavyam asmābhir divārūḍhaṁ kṣudhārditāḥ
vatsāḥ samīpe ’paḥ pītvā carantu śanakais tṛṇam
TRANSLATION
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