Chapter
13:
Lord
Brahmâ Steals the Boys and Calves
(8) In a wide circle
facing inward with a happy face grouped the boys of Vraja
around Krishna sitting down in the forest as beautiful as
the petals and leaves of the whorl of a lotus
flower.
(31) All the cows with
their calves uniting at the foot of the hill, despite of
having calved again, licked their limbs and fed them
hungrily with the milk flowing from them as if they were
the calves just born.
(46) And as he, the
selfborn one, watched them were calf and cowherd the very
moment seen by him as having a complexion of rain clouds
and being dressed in yellow silk.
Chapter
14:
Brahmâ's
Prayers to Lord Krishna
(18) Has by You not
just today been shown to me how, except for Yourselves,
this all is based on Your bewildering potency? First were
You there all alone and then You became all of Vraja's
boys and calves, You next even became a same number of
fourhanded ones that together with me are served by all
and then You became an equal number of universes
[10.13:
53]; and
now You remain the One Infinite Absolute Truth without a
second...
Chapter
15:
The
Killing of Dhenuka, the Ass Demon and Poison in the
River
(2) Surrounded by the
gopas who were chanting His fame did Mâdhava
['the Sweet Lord'] sounding His flute, with the
help of Balarâma keeping the animals in front,
eager to play enter the forest rich with flowers and
nourishment for the cows.
(14) Sometimes when His
elder brother tired of playing used the lap of a gopa for
a pillow, would He personally relieve Him by massaging
His feet and do other services.
(32) He seized him by
the hooves, whirled him around with one hand and threw
him, with the life slung out of him, in the top of a palm
tree.
(42) The gopîs
with eyes hungry to see Him came all together forth to
meet Him, with the dust in His hair thrown up by the
cows, the peacock feather, the forest flowers, His
charming eyes and beautiful smile, His flute sounded and
His glories sung by the gopas.
(49-50) By fate made
the mere touch with that poisoned water them loose their
consciousness so that they all fell down lifeless at the
waterside, o best of the Kurus. Seeing them in that
predicament brought Lord Krishna, the Controller of all
Masters of Yoga, by His glance - which is as a shower of
nectar - those who had accepted Him as their master back
to life.
Chapter
16:
Krishna
Chastises the Serpent Kâliya
(9) He playing not
afraid of anyone, so attractive in yellow garments and
most delicate like a glowing white cloud, with the
s'rivatsa, His smiling beautiful face and with feet like
the inside of a lotus, was by him with anger bitten in
the chest and enveloped in his coils.
(26) This way moving
around him wore He him out and made He him bend down his
high raised shoulders; climbing on top of the broad
heads, began He as the Original One, the First Spiritual
Master of All the Arts, to dance, with His lotusfeet in
touch reddened by the many jewels on the heads.
Chapter
17:
The
History of Kâliya and His Swallowing a Forest
Fire.
(5) Hearing about it, o
King rushed that great master and devotee of the Supreme
Lord with great speed forward to kill Kâliya.
(25) This way seeing
the desperation of His people, swallowed the Lord of the
Universe, The Unlimited One who possesses endless
potencies, that terrible fire.
Chapter
18:
Lord
Balarâma Slays the Demon Pralamba
(15) Then they jumped
like frogs, told all kinds of jokes and then they were
swinging or pretended to be kings.
